In function ‘SetDevicePathEndNode’,
inlined from ‘FileDevicePath’ at DevicePathUtilities.c:857:5:
DevicePathUtilities.c:321:3: error: writing 4 bytes into a region of size 1 [-Werror=stringop-overflow=]
321 | memcpy (Node, &mUefiDevicePathLibEndDevicePath, sizeof (mUefiDevicePathLibEndDevicePath));
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In file included from UefiDevicePathLib.h:22,
from DevicePathUtilities.c:16:
../Include/Protocol/DevicePath.h: In function ‘FileDevicePath’:
../Include/Protocol/DevicePath.h:51:9: note: destination object ‘Type’ of size 1
51 | UINT8 Type; ///< 0x01 Hardware Device Path.
| ^~~~
Signed-off-by: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>
---
BaseTools/Source/C/DevicePath/GNUmakefile | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/BaseTools/Source/C/DevicePath/GNUmakefile b/BaseTools/Source/C/DevicePath/GNUmakefile
index 7ca08af9662d..b05d2bddfa68 100644
--- a/BaseTools/Source/C/DevicePath/GNUmakefile
+++ b/BaseTools/Source/C/DevicePath/GNUmakefile
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ OBJECTS = DevicePath.o UefiDevicePathLib.o DevicePathFromText.o DevicePathUtili
include $(MAKEROOT)/Makefiles/app.makefile
+# gcc 12 trips over device path handling
+BUILD_CFLAGS += -Wno-error=stringop-overflow
+
LIBS = -lCommon
ifeq ($(CYGWIN), CYGWIN)
LIBS += -L/lib/e2fsprogs -luuid
--
2.35.1
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This breaks building BaseTools with clang 13.1.6 on macOS: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/make -C DevicePath gcc -c -I .. -I ../Include/Common -I ../Include/ -I ../Include/IndustryStandard -I ../Common/ -I .. -I . -I ../Include/AArch64/ -MD -fshort-wchar -fno-strict-aliasing -Wall -Werror -Wno-deprecated-declarations -Wno-self-assign -Wno-unused-result -nostdlib -g -O2 -Wno-error=stringop-overflow DevicePath.c -o DevicePath.o error: unknown warning option '-Werror=stringop-overflow'; did you mean '-Werror=shift-overflow'? [-Werror,-Wunknown-warning-option] -- Rebecca Cran On 3/24/22 6:04 AM, Gerd Hoffmann wrote: > In function ‘SetDevicePathEndNode’, > inlined from ‘FileDevicePath’ at DevicePathUtilities.c:857:5: > DevicePathUtilities.c:321:3: error: writing 4 bytes into a region of size 1 [-Werror=stringop-overflow=] > 321 | memcpy (Node, &mUefiDevicePathLibEndDevicePath, sizeof (mUefiDevicePathLibEndDevicePath)); > | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > In file included from UefiDevicePathLib.h:22, > from DevicePathUtilities.c:16: > ../Include/Protocol/DevicePath.h: In function ‘FileDevicePath’: > ../Include/Protocol/DevicePath.h:51:9: note: destination object ‘Type’ of size 1 > 51 | UINT8 Type; ///< 0x01 Hardware Device Path. > | ^~~~ > > Signed-off-by: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com> > --- > BaseTools/Source/C/DevicePath/GNUmakefile | 3 +++ > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/BaseTools/Source/C/DevicePath/GNUmakefile b/BaseTools/Source/C/DevicePath/GNUmakefile > index 7ca08af9662d..b05d2bddfa68 100644 > --- a/BaseTools/Source/C/DevicePath/GNUmakefile > +++ b/BaseTools/Source/C/DevicePath/GNUmakefile > @@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ OBJECTS = DevicePath.o UefiDevicePathLib.o DevicePathFromText.o DevicePathUtili > > include $(MAKEROOT)/Makefiles/app.makefile > > +# gcc 12 trips over device path handling > +BUILD_CFLAGS += -Wno-error=stringop-overflow > + > LIBS = -lCommon > ifeq ($(CYGWIN), CYGWIN) > LIBS += -L/lib/e2fsprogs -luuid -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#88140): https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/message/88140 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/89997416/1787277 Group Owner: devel+owner@edk2.groups.io Unsubscribe: https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/unsub [importer@patchew.org] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Hi Gerd, Could you provide a patch to fix this issue or revert the original commit? Thanks, Bob -----Original Message----- From: Rebecca Cran <rebecca@bsdio.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2022 5:30 AM To: devel@edk2.groups.io; kraxel@redhat.com Cc: Pawel Polawski <ppolawsk@redhat.com>; Gao, Liming <gaoliming@byosoft.com.cn>; Chen, Christine <yuwei.chen@intel.com>; Oliver Steffen <osteffen@redhat.com>; Feng, Bob C <bob.c.feng@intel.com> Subject: Re: [edk2-devel] [PATCH 3/3] Basetools: turn off gcc12 warning This breaks building BaseTools with clang 13.1.6 on macOS: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/make -C DevicePath gcc -c -I .. -I ../Include/Common -I ../Include/ -I ../Include/IndustryStandard -I ../Common/ -I .. -I . -I ../Include/AArch64/ -MD -fshort-wchar -fno-strict-aliasing -Wall -Werror -Wno-deprecated-declarations -Wno-self-assign -Wno-unused-result -nostdlib -g -O2 -Wno-error=stringop-overflow DevicePath.c -o DevicePath.o error: unknown warning option '-Werror=stringop-overflow'; did you mean '-Werror=shift-overflow'? [-Werror,-Wunknown-warning-option] -- Rebecca Cran On 3/24/22 6:04 AM, Gerd Hoffmann wrote: > In function ‘SetDevicePathEndNode’, > inlined from ‘FileDevicePath’ at DevicePathUtilities.c:857:5: > DevicePathUtilities.c:321:3: error: writing 4 bytes into a region of size 1 [-Werror=stringop-overflow=] > 321 | memcpy (Node, &mUefiDevicePathLibEndDevicePath, sizeof (mUefiDevicePathLibEndDevicePath)); > | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > In file included from UefiDevicePathLib.h:22, > from DevicePathUtilities.c:16: > ../Include/Protocol/DevicePath.h: In function ‘FileDevicePath’: > ../Include/Protocol/DevicePath.h:51:9: note: destination object ‘Type’ of size 1 > 51 | UINT8 Type; ///< 0x01 Hardware Device Path. > | ^~~~ > > Signed-off-by: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com> > --- > BaseTools/Source/C/DevicePath/GNUmakefile | 3 +++ > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/BaseTools/Source/C/DevicePath/GNUmakefile > b/BaseTools/Source/C/DevicePath/GNUmakefile > index 7ca08af9662d..b05d2bddfa68 100644 > --- a/BaseTools/Source/C/DevicePath/GNUmakefile > +++ b/BaseTools/Source/C/DevicePath/GNUmakefile > @@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ OBJECTS = DevicePath.o UefiDevicePathLib.o > DevicePathFromText.o DevicePathUtili > > include $(MAKEROOT)/Makefiles/app.makefile > > +# gcc 12 trips over device path handling BUILD_CFLAGS += > +-Wno-error=stringop-overflow > + > LIBS = -lCommon > ifeq ($(CYGWIN), CYGWIN) > LIBS += -L/lib/e2fsprogs -luuid -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#88147): https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/message/88147 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/89997416/1787277 Group Owner: devel+owner@edk2.groups.io Unsubscribe: https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/unsub [importer@patchew.org] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
While I can't test this myself, the following does appear to result in a successful build using the same clang version: diff --git a/BaseTools/Source/C/DevicePath/GNUmakefile b/BaseTools/Source/C/DevicePath/GNUmakefile index b05d2bddfa..81aa35aa31 100644 --- a/BaseTools/Source/C/DevicePath/GNUmakefile +++ b/BaseTools/Source/C/DevicePath/GNUmakefile @@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ OBJECTS = DevicePath.o UefiDevicePathLib.o DevicePathFromText.o DevicePathUtili include $(MAKEROOT)/Makefiles/app.makefile # gcc 12 trips over device path handling -BUILD_CFLAGS += -Wno-error=stringop-overflow +ifeq($(CC), gcc) + BUILD_CFLAGS += -Wno-error=stringop-overflow +endif LIBS = -lCommon ifeq ($(CYGWIN), CYGWIN) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#88203): https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/message/88203 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/89997416/1787277 Group Owner: devel+owner@edk2.groups.io Unsubscribe: https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/unsub [importer@patchew.org] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
> On Mar 29, 2022, at 11:14 AM, grant@grantlmul.xyz wrote: > > While I can't test this myself, the following does appear to result in a successful build using the same clang version: > > > diff --git a/BaseTools/Source/C/DevicePath/GNUmakefile b/BaseTools/Source/C/DevicePath/GNUmakefile > index b05d2bddfa..81aa35aa31 100644 > --- a/BaseTools/Source/C/DevicePath/GNUmakefile > +++ b/BaseTools/Source/C/DevicePath/GNUmakefile > @@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ OBJECTS = DevicePath.o UefiDevicePathLib.o DevicePathFromText.o DevicePathUtili > include $(MAKEROOT)/Makefiles/app.makefile > > # gcc 12 trips over device path handling > -BUILD_CFLAGS += -Wno-error=stringop-overflow > +ifeq($(CC), gcc) > + BUILD_CFLAGS += -Wno-error=stringop-overflow > +endif > Gerd, I’m not sure if this was caused by my email client but your fix did not work for me. GNUmakefile:17: *** missing separator. Stop. I had to add a space after `ifeq` to get it to work. diff --git a/BaseTools/Source/C/DevicePath/GNUmakefile b/BaseTools/Source/C/DevicePath/GNUmakefile index b05d2bddfa68..ebab1d3e2617 100644 --- a/BaseTools/Source/C/DevicePath/GNUmakefile +++ b/BaseTools/Source/C/DevicePath/GNUmakefile @@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ OBJECTS = DevicePath.o UefiDevicePathLib.o DevicePathFromText.o DevicePathUtili include $(MAKEROOT)/Makefiles/app.makefile # gcc 12 trips over device path handling -BUILD_CFLAGS += -Wno-error=stringop-overflow +ifeq ($(CC), gcc) + BUILD_CFLAGS += -Wno-error=stringop-overflow +endif LIBS = -lCommon ifeq ($(CYGWIN), CYGWIN) I had been working around like this previously (I’m not sure about the portability of -Wno-unknown-warning-option): diff --git a/BaseTools/Source/C/DevicePath/GNUmakefile b/BaseTools/Source/C/DevicePath/GNUmakefile index b05d2bddfa68..d08588a81f80 100644 --- a/BaseTools/Source/C/DevicePath/GNUmakefile +++ b/BaseTools/Source/C/DevicePath/GNUmakefile @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ OBJECTS = DevicePath.o UefiDevicePathLib.o DevicePathFromText.o DevicePathUtili include $(MAKEROOT)/Makefiles/app.makefile # gcc 12 trips over device path handling -BUILD_CFLAGS += -Wno-error=stringop-overflow +BUILD_CFLAGS += -Wno-error=stringop-overflow -Wno-unknown-warning-option LIBS = -lCommon ifeq ($(CYGWIN), CYGWIN) Thanks, Andrew Fish > LIBS = -lCommon > ifeq ($(CYGWIN), CYGWIN) > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#88206): https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/message/88206 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/89997416/1787277 Group Owner: devel+owner@edk2.groups.io Unsubscribe: https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/unsub [importer@patchew.org] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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