include/linux/fortify-string.h:47:30: warning: '__builtin_strncat' output truncated before terminating nul copying as many bytes from a string as its length

From: kernel test robot
Date: Tue May 24 2022 - 05:38:24 EST


Hi Steven,

FYI, the error/warning still remains.

tree: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master
head: 143a6252e1b8ab424b4b293512a97cca7295c182
commit: 9f8e5aee93ed2482638d577a56806b455084b595 tracing: Fix allocation of last_cmd in last_cmd_set()
date: 3 months ago
config: x86_64-rhel-8.3 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20220524/202205241717.IZu66s3A-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/config)
compiler: gcc-9 (Debian 9.3.0-22) 9.3.0
reproduce (this is a W=1 build):
# https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9f8e5aee93ed2482638d577a56806b455084b595
git remote add linus https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
git fetch --no-tags linus master
git checkout 9f8e5aee93ed2482638d577a56806b455084b595
# save the config file
mkdir build_dir && cp config build_dir/.config
make W=1 O=build_dir ARCH=x86_64 SHELL=/bin/bash kernel/trace/

If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag where applicable
Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>

All warnings (new ones prefixed by >>):

In file included from include/linux/string.h:253,
from include/linux/bitmap.h:11,
from include/linux/cpumask.h:12,
from arch/x86/include/asm/cpumask.h:5,
from arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h:11,
from arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h:22,
from arch/x86/include/asm/timex.h:5,
from include/linux/timex.h:65,
from include/linux/time32.h:13,
from include/linux/time.h:60,
from include/linux/stat.h:19,
from include/linux/module.h:13,
from kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c:8:
In function 'strncat',
inlined from 'last_cmd_set' at kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c:760:2,
inlined from 'event_hist_trigger_parse' at kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c:6191:3:
>> include/linux/fortify-string.h:47:30: warning: '__builtin_strncat' output truncated before terminating nul copying as many bytes from a string as its length [-Wstringop-truncation]
47 | #define __underlying_strncat __builtin_strncat
| ^
include/linux/fortify-string.h:191:10: note: in expansion of macro '__underlying_strncat'
191 | return __underlying_strncat(p, q, count);
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c: In function 'event_hist_trigger_parse':
include/linux/fortify-string.h:46:29: note: length computed here
46 | #define __underlying_strlen __builtin_strlen
| ^
include/linux/fortify-string.h:102:10: note: in expansion of macro '__underlying_strlen'
102 | return __underlying_strlen(p);
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


vim +/__builtin_strncat +47 include/linux/fortify-string.h

3009f891bb9f32 Kees Cook 2021-08-02 26
a28a6e860c6cf2 Francis Laniel 2021-02-25 27 #if defined(CONFIG_KASAN_GENERIC) || defined(CONFIG_KASAN_SW_TAGS)
a28a6e860c6cf2 Francis Laniel 2021-02-25 28 extern void *__underlying_memchr(const void *p, int c, __kernel_size_t size) __RENAME(memchr);
a28a6e860c6cf2 Francis Laniel 2021-02-25 29 extern int __underlying_memcmp(const void *p, const void *q, __kernel_size_t size) __RENAME(memcmp);
a28a6e860c6cf2 Francis Laniel 2021-02-25 30 extern void *__underlying_memcpy(void *p, const void *q, __kernel_size_t size) __RENAME(memcpy);
a28a6e860c6cf2 Francis Laniel 2021-02-25 31 extern void *__underlying_memmove(void *p, const void *q, __kernel_size_t size) __RENAME(memmove);
a28a6e860c6cf2 Francis Laniel 2021-02-25 32 extern void *__underlying_memset(void *p, int c, __kernel_size_t size) __RENAME(memset);
a28a6e860c6cf2 Francis Laniel 2021-02-25 33 extern char *__underlying_strcat(char *p, const char *q) __RENAME(strcat);
a28a6e860c6cf2 Francis Laniel 2021-02-25 34 extern char *__underlying_strcpy(char *p, const char *q) __RENAME(strcpy);
a28a6e860c6cf2 Francis Laniel 2021-02-25 35 extern __kernel_size_t __underlying_strlen(const char *p) __RENAME(strlen);
a28a6e860c6cf2 Francis Laniel 2021-02-25 36 extern char *__underlying_strncat(char *p, const char *q, __kernel_size_t count) __RENAME(strncat);
a28a6e860c6cf2 Francis Laniel 2021-02-25 37 extern char *__underlying_strncpy(char *p, const char *q, __kernel_size_t size) __RENAME(strncpy);
a28a6e860c6cf2 Francis Laniel 2021-02-25 38 #else
a28a6e860c6cf2 Francis Laniel 2021-02-25 39 #define __underlying_memchr __builtin_memchr
a28a6e860c6cf2 Francis Laniel 2021-02-25 40 #define __underlying_memcmp __builtin_memcmp
a28a6e860c6cf2 Francis Laniel 2021-02-25 41 #define __underlying_memcpy __builtin_memcpy
a28a6e860c6cf2 Francis Laniel 2021-02-25 42 #define __underlying_memmove __builtin_memmove
a28a6e860c6cf2 Francis Laniel 2021-02-25 43 #define __underlying_memset __builtin_memset
a28a6e860c6cf2 Francis Laniel 2021-02-25 44 #define __underlying_strcat __builtin_strcat
a28a6e860c6cf2 Francis Laniel 2021-02-25 45 #define __underlying_strcpy __builtin_strcpy
a28a6e860c6cf2 Francis Laniel 2021-02-25 46 #define __underlying_strlen __builtin_strlen
a28a6e860c6cf2 Francis Laniel 2021-02-25 @47 #define __underlying_strncat __builtin_strncat
a28a6e860c6cf2 Francis Laniel 2021-02-25 48 #define __underlying_strncpy __builtin_strncpy
a28a6e860c6cf2 Francis Laniel 2021-02-25 49 #endif
a28a6e860c6cf2 Francis Laniel 2021-02-25 50

:::::: The code at line 47 was first introduced by commit
:::::: a28a6e860c6cf231cf3c5171c75c342adcd00406 string.h: move fortified functions definitions in a dedicated header.

:::::: TO: Francis Laniel <laniel_francis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
:::::: CC: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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