[PATCH] rtems-fdt / shell - Fix string truncation warning

[Chris Johns]

On 15/10/20 10:27 pm, Frank Kuehndel wrote:
> From: Frank Kühndel <frank.kuehndel at embedded-brains.de>
> 
> The compiler warning was:
> 
> ../../../cpukit/libmisc/rtems-fdt/rtems-fdt.c:267:5: warning:
> 'strncpy' specified bound depends on the length of the source argument
>   267 |     strncpy(path, name, namelen);
>       |     ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> It turns out that the `strncpy()` nor the buffer `path` is needed when
> one uses `strncmp()` instead of `strcmp()`. This needs some change to
> the algorithm but has the advantage that `name` is never truncated
> to the size of the buffer `path`.
> 
> Note:
> 
> rtems-fdt.c, rtems-fdt-shell.c and cpukit/include/rtems/rtems-fdt.h
> seem to be dead code.

We cannot tell this is as a user may depend on it. With this command I know
users on Zynq platforms that use FDT to map PL logic to drivers. The command is
very much in use and is used as a PS to PL testing method.

> They implement a shell command `fdt` but that
> command is not part of the shell nor of any macro in
> cpukit/include/rtems/shellconfig.h.

It have been missed and needs be added. Adding something in shellconfig.h would
be a help.

Thanks
Chris