[PATCH 13/13] gdb/tracepoint: remove uses of sprintf
Andrew Burgess
aburgess@redhat.com
Mon Aug 17 16:51:59 GMT 2026
Simon Marchi <simon.marchi@efficios.com> writes:
> When building on macOS, I get some:
>
> /Users/smarchi/src/binutils-gdb/gdb/tracepoint.c:1196:4: 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]
> 1196 | sprintf (end, "M-1,%s,%lX", phex_nz (m_memranges[i].start, 0),
> | ^
>
> Replace them with xsnprintf.
LGTM.
Approved-By: Andrew Burgess <aburgess@redhat.com>
Thanks,
Andrew
>
> Change-Id: Id3ec76c47e5c0091fa3a028e36063b2115378e7e
> ---
> gdb/tracepoint.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++--------
> 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/gdb/tracepoint.c b/gdb/tracepoint.c
> index 798bb9a552d8..932a8f557e44 100644
> --- a/gdb/tracepoint.c
> +++ b/gdb/tracepoint.c
> @@ -1164,6 +1164,9 @@ collection_list::stringify ()
> gdb_printf ("\n");
> if (!m_memranges.empty () && info_verbose)
> gdb_printf ("Collecting memranges: \n");
> +
> + char *buf_end = temp_buf.data () + temp_buf.size ();
> +
> for (i = 0, count = 0, end = temp_buf.data ();
> i < m_memranges.size (); i++)
> {
> @@ -1193,11 +1196,12 @@ collection_list::stringify ()
> "FFFFFFFF" (or more, depending on sizeof (unsigned)).
> Special-case it. */
> if (m_memranges[i].type == memrange_absolute)
> - sprintf (end, "M-1,%s,%lX", phex_nz (m_memranges[i].start, 0),
> - (long) length);
> + xsnprintf (end, buf_end - end, "M-1,%s,%lX",
> + phex_nz (m_memranges[i].start, 0), (long) length);
> else
> - sprintf (end, "M%X,%s,%lX", m_memranges[i].type,
> - phex_nz (m_memranges[i].start, 0), (long) length);
> + xsnprintf (end, buf_end - end, "M%X,%s,%lX",
> + m_memranges[i].type, phex_nz (m_memranges[i].start, 0),
> + (long) length);
> }
>
> count += strlen (end);
> @@ -1213,7 +1217,9 @@ collection_list::stringify ()
> count = 0;
> end = temp_buf.data ();
> }
> - sprintf (end, "X%08X,", (int) m_aexprs[i]->buf.size ());
> +
> + xsnprintf (end, buf_end - end, "X%08X,",
> + (int) m_aexprs[i]->buf.size ());
> end += 10; /* 'X' + 8 hex digits + ',' */
> count += 10;
>
> @@ -2816,11 +2822,14 @@ encode_source_string (int tpnum, ULONGEST addr,
> {
> if (80 + strlen (srctype) > buf_size)
> error (_("Buffer too small for source encoding"));
> - sprintf (buf, "%x:%s:%s:%x:%x:",
> - tpnum, phex_nz (addr),
> - srctype, 0, (int) strlen (src));
> +
> + xsnprintf (buf, buf_size, "%x:%s:%s:%x:%x:",
> + tpnum, phex_nz (addr),
> + srctype, 0, (int) strlen (src));
> +
> if (strlen (buf) + strlen (src) * 2 >= buf_size)
> error (_("Source string too long for buffer"));
> +
> bin2hex ((gdb_byte *) src, buf + strlen (buf), strlen (src));
> return -1;
> }
> --
> 2.55.0
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