[LU-9830] string truncation from snprintf in libcfs/util/parser.c::Parser_list_commands()

• Type: Bug
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Priority: Minor
• Severity: 3
• Assignee: WC Triage
• Reporter: Oleg Drokin

Description

Modern gcc warns that:

util/parser.c: In function Б─≤Parser_list_commandsБ─≥:
util/parser.c:575:25: error: Б─≤%2dБ─≥ directive output may be truncated writing between 2 and 10 bytes into a region of size 4 [-Werror=format-truncation=]
    snprintf(fmt, 6, "%%-%2ds", char_max - len);
                         ^~~
util/parser.c:575:21: note: directive argument in the range [1, 2147483647]
    snprintf(fmt, 6, "%%-%2ds", char_max - len);
                     ^~~~~~~~~
util/parser.c:575:4: note: Б─≤snprintfБ─≥ output between 6 and 14 bytes into a destination of size 6
    snprintf(fmt, 6, "%%-%2ds", char_max - len);
    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
cc1: all warnings being treated as errors
make[4]: *** [autoMakefile:669: libcfsutil_a-parser.o] Error 1
make[4]: Leaving directory '/home/green/smt/git/lustre-release/libcfs/libcfs'

there's some funky business going on with presumed column width so I guess we cannot just increase 6 to 14?

Issue Links

• is related to: LU-6142 Enforce Linux kernel coding style in all code