Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] module: Add compile-time check for embedded NUL characters

Chris Li <[email protected]> Fri, 16 Jan 2026 15:35:06 -0800

Newsgroups	org.kernel.vger.linux-sparse,org.kernel.vger.linux-hardening,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.linux-media,org.kernel.vger.linux-modules
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On Fri, Dec 19, 2025 at 6:59 AM Matthieu Baerts <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi Dan, Daniel
>
> On 19/12/2025 13:44, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> > On Fri, Dec 19, 2025 at 01:29:21PM +0100, Matthieu Baerts wrote:
> >> net/mptcp/crypto_test.c:72:1: error: bad integer constant expression
> >> net/mptcp/crypto_test.c:72:1: error: static assertion failed: "MODULE_INFO(license, ...) contains embedded NUL byte"
> >> net/mptcp/crypto_test.c:73:1: error: bad integer constant expression
> >> net/mptcp/crypto_test.c:73:1: error: static assertion failed: "MODULE_INFO(description, ...) contains embedded NUL byte"
> >
> > There was a fix for that posted.  Let me ping them to see if anyone is
> > planning to send an actual patch.

Should I wait for the actual patch for sparse?

> >
> > https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/
>
> Thank you both for your reply! I didn't think about looking at the v1.
>
> I confirm that Sami's patch silences the errors on my side. Thanks!

Thanks for the report.

Chris