[PATCH 07/13] gdb/csky: remove uses of sprintf
Andrew Burgess
aburgess@redhat.com
Mon Aug 17 16:26:03 GMT 2026
Simon Marchi <simon.marchi@efficios.com> writes:
> When building on macOS, I get a few:
>
> /Users/smarchi/src/binutils-gdb/gdb/csky-tdep.c:434:4: error: 'sprintf' is deprecated: This function is provided for compatibility reasons only. Due to security concerns inherent in the design of sprintf(3), it is highly recommended that you use snprintf(3) instead. [-Werror,-Wdeprecated-declarations]
> 434 | sprintf (tdesc_reg.name, "cp1cr%d", remain);
> | ^
>
> Replace these uses with snprintf, via xsnprintf, which asserts that the
> destination buffer was large enough for the output string.
>
> Change-Id: Idc5c0c42479f767c63b0d0cece5ab14cacec9a60
> ---
> gdb/csky-tdep.c | 15 ++++++++++-----
> 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/gdb/csky-tdep.c b/gdb/csky-tdep.c
> index e86f79a42eaf..ad0d50d8218d 100644
> --- a/gdb/csky-tdep.c
> +++ b/gdb/csky-tdep.c
> @@ -431,19 +431,22 @@ csky_get_supported_register_by_index (int index)
> {
> case 0: /* Bank1. */
> {
> - sprintf (tdesc_reg.name, "cp1cr%d", remain);
> + xsnprintf (tdesc_reg.name, sizeof (tdesc_reg.name), "cp1cr%d",
> + remain);
Rather than having to include the size of all these buffers, where the
size is known at compile time, I wondered if we could add something
like:
template<size_t N, typename... Args>
int xsnprintf (char (&buf)[N], const char *format, Args &&...args)
{
return xsnprintf (buf, N, format, std::forward<Args> (args)...);
}
to gdbsupport/common-utils.h. This is fine except that gcc is unable to
track the format literal through the template call, so I think we'd
actually have to do:
template<size_t N, typename... Args>
int xsnprintf (char (&buf)[N], const char *format, Args &&...args)
{
DIAGNOSTIC_PUSH
DIAGNOSTIC_IGNORE_FORMAT_NONLITERAL
return xsnprintf (buf, N, format, std::forward<Args> (args)...);
DIAGNOSTIC_POP
}
Which isn't ideal, though we do already have things like this in
gdb/printcmd.c, so maybe it's OK.
The other option would be C varargs style handling:
template<size_t N>
int ATTRIBUTE_PRINTF (2, 3)
xsnprintf (char (&buf)[N], const char *format, ...)
{
va_list args;
va_start (args, format);
int ret = vsnprintf (buf, N, format, args);
gdb_assert (ret < static_cast<int> (N));
va_end (args);
return ret;
}
Or similar. The benefit of this would be that you could then write:
xsnprintf (tdesc_reg.name, "cp1cr%d", remain);
And you'd still get the buffer length check.
Anyway, it was just a thought, not a requirement. The patch as it is
looks fine.
Approved-By: Andrew Burgess <aburgess@redhat.com>
Thanks,
Andrew
> tdesc_reg.num = 189 + remain;
> }
> break;
> case 1: /* Bank2. */
> {
> - sprintf (tdesc_reg.name, "cp2cr%d", remain);
> + xsnprintf (tdesc_reg.name, sizeof (tdesc_reg.name), "cp2cr%d",
> + remain);
> tdesc_reg.num = 276 + remain;
> }
> break;
> case 2: /* Bank3. */
> {
> - sprintf (tdesc_reg.name, "cp3cr%d", remain);
> + xsnprintf (tdesc_reg.name, sizeof (tdesc_reg.name), "cp3cr%d",
> + remain);
> tdesc_reg.num = 221 + remain;
> }
> break;
> @@ -460,7 +463,8 @@ csky_get_supported_register_by_index (int index)
> case 13: /* Bank14. */
> {
> /* Regitsers in Bank4~14 have continuous regno with start 308. */
> - sprintf (tdesc_reg.name, "cp%dcr%d", (multi + 1), remain);
> + xsnprintf (tdesc_reg.name, sizeof (tdesc_reg.name), "cp%dcr%d",
> + (multi + 1), remain);
> tdesc_reg.num = 308 + ((multi - 3) * 32) + remain;
> }
> break;
> @@ -482,7 +486,8 @@ csky_get_supported_register_by_index (int index)
> case 29: /* Bank31. */
> {
> /* Regitsers in Bank16~31 have continuous regno with start 660. */
> - sprintf (tdesc_reg.name, "cp%dcr%d", (multi + 2), remain);
> + xsnprintf (tdesc_reg.name, sizeof (tdesc_reg.name), "cp%dcr%d",
> + (multi + 2), remain);
> tdesc_reg.num = 660 + ((multi - 14) * 32) + remain;
> }
> break;
> --
> 2.55.0
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