<div dir="ltr">```<br>char* test(uint8_t index)<br>{<br>#define DEST_BUF_SIZE 100<br><br> if (index < NUMRESULTS) {<br> static char buf[DEST_BUF_SIZE];<br><br> snprintf(buf, DEST_BUF_SIZE, "SSID %s\n", scandata[index].ssid);<br> return buf;<br> }<br> return "INVALID INDEX";<br>}<br>```</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, 30 Jul 2024 at 11:05, Simeon Pilgrim <<a href="mailto:simeon.pilgrim@gmail.com">simeon.pilgrim@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">you have provided a pointer (to memory), AND you have declared it 30 bytes long. This is what YOU HAVE done. The compiler is HELPING YOU by pointing out 37 > 30, which it is.<div><br></div><div>If you want the compiler to help you correctly, tell the compiler the length of the data you have, which is 100.</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, 30 Jul 2024 at 10:58, Robin Gilks <<a href="mailto:gb7ipd@gmail.com" target="_blank">gb7ipd@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">But I've provided 100 bytes, not 30!!<br>
<br>
On Tue, Jul 30, 2024 at 10:40 AM Simeon Pilgrim<br>
<<a href="mailto:simeon.pilgrim@gmail.com" target="_blank">simeon.pilgrim@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> the second parameter should be the size of the destination buffer, thus the code should be:<br>
><br>
> snprintf (buf, 100, "SSID %s\n",<br>
><br>
> or<br>
><br>
> snprintf (buf, sizeof(buf), "SSID %s\n",<br>
><br>
> your format string is 7 tokens (6 + zero termination) + the 30 byte string ssid, which is larger than 30 you have provided.<br>
><br>
> The snprintf functions are "safe truncation" functions, not handy dandy truncation utilities, thus the warning that you might have truncation.<br>
><br>
> On Tue, 30 Jul 2024 at 10:27, Robin Gilks <<a href="mailto:gb7ipd@gmail.com" target="_blank">gb7ipd@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> Since there are a few C programmers in the group I thought I'd ask<br>
>> this (interesting?) question<br>
>><br>
>> Here is a bit of sample code to illustrate:<br>
>><br>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>
>> #include <stdio.h><br>
>> #include <stdint.h><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> typedef struct<br>
>> {<br>
>> char ssid[30];<br>
>> int8_t rssi;<br>
>> } ScanResult;<br>
>><br>
>> #define NUMRESULTS 50 // how many tracked simultaneously<br>
>><br>
>> static ScanResult scandata[NUMRESULTS];<br>
>><br>
>> void<br>
>> main (void)<br>
>> {<br>
>> }<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> char * test (uint8_t index)<br>
>> {<br>
>> static char buf[100];<br>
>><br>
>> snprintf (buf, sizeof (scandata[index].ssid), "SSID %s\n",<br>
>> scandata[index].ssid);<br>
>> return buf;<br>
>><br>
>> }<br>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>
>> Save as test.c; compile with gcc test.c<br>
>><br>
>> The warning indicates that the destination buffer may be too small<br>
>><br>
>> test.c: In function ‘test’:<br>
>> test.c:25:56: warning: ‘%s’ directive output may be truncated writing<br>
>> up to 29 bytes into a region of size 25 [-Wformat-truncation=]<br>
>> 25 | snprintf (buf, sizeof (scandata[index].ssid), "SSID %s\n",<br>
>> scandata[index].ssid);<br>
>> | ^~<br>
>> test.c:25:4: note: ‘snprintf’ output between 7 and 36 bytes into a<br>
>> destination of size 30<br>
>> 25 | snprintf (buf, sizeof (scandata[index].ssid), "SSID %s\n",<br>
>> scandata[index].ssid);<br>
>> |<br>
>><br>
>> This appear to be treating the size parameter in the snprintf as being<br>
>> the size of the output buffer 'buf' (which is 100 bytes long) but<br>
>> surely it should be applying the restriction on the format string that<br>
>> includes scandata[index].ssid (which is 30 bytes long)<br>
>><br>
>> Am I just having brain fade or is that just fundamentally wrong?<br>
>><br>
>> --<br>
>> Robin Gilks<br>
>><br>
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