Re: [PATCH] drivers/net/wan/hdlc_ppp: fix potential null pointer in ppp_cp_event logging

[Dimitri Daskalakis <dimitri.daskalakis1@gmail.com>]

On 10/2/25 11:05 AM, Kriish Sharma wrote:

> Fixes warnings observed during compilation with -Wformat-overflow:
>
> drivers/net/wan/hdlc_ppp.c: In function ‘ppp_cp_event’:
> drivers/net/wan/hdlc_ppp.c:353:17: warning: ‘%s’ directive argument is null [-Wformat-overflow=]
>   353 |                 netdev_info(dev, "%s down\n", proto_name(pid));
>       |                 ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> drivers/net/wan/hdlc_ppp.c:342:17: warning: ‘%s’ directive argument is null [-Wformat-overflow=]
>   342 |                 netdev_info(dev, "%s up\n", proto_name(pid));
>       |                 ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Introduce local variable `pname` and fallback to "unknown" if proto_name(pid)
> returns NULL.
>
> Fixes: 262858079afd ("Add linux-next specific files for 20250926")
> Signed-off-by: Kriish Sharma <kriish.sharma2006@gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/wan/hdlc_ppp.c | 8 ++++++--
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wan/hdlc_ppp.c b/drivers/net/wan/hdlc_ppp.c
> index 7496a2e9a282..f3b3fa8d46fd 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wan/hdlc_ppp.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wan/hdlc_ppp.c
> @@ -339,7 +339,9 @@ static void ppp_cp_event(struct net_device *dev, u16 pid, u16 event, u8 code,
>  		ppp_tx_cp(dev, pid, CP_CODE_REJ, ++ppp->seq, len, data);
>  
>  	if (old_state != OPENED && proto->state == OPENED) {
> -		netdev_info(dev, "%s up\n", proto_name(pid));
> +		const char *pname = proto_name(pid);
> +
> +		netdev_info(dev, "%s up\n", pname ? pname : "unknown");
>  		if (pid == PID_LCP) {
>  			netif_dormant_off(dev);
>  			ppp_cp_event(dev, PID_IPCP, START, 0, 0, 0, NULL);
> @@ -350,7 +352,9 @@ static void ppp_cp_event(struct net_device *dev, u16 pid, u16 event, u8 code,
>  		}
>  	}
>  	if (old_state == OPENED && proto->state != OPENED) {
> -		netdev_info(dev, "%s down\n", proto_name(pid));
> +		const char *pname = proto_name(pid);
> +
> +		netdev_info(dev, "%s down\n", pname ? pname : "unknown");
>  		if (pid == PID_LCP) {
>  			netif_dormant_on(dev);
>  			ppp_cp_event(dev, PID_IPCP, STOP, 0, 0, 0, NULL);
Would it be better to return "unknown" in proto_name()'s default case?