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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 2/5] x86/cpu: Introduce x86_cpuid_vendor_to_str() and drop cpu_dev.c_vendor[]



>>> On 04.04.19 at 22:26, <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> cpu_dev.c_vendor[] is a char[8] array which is printed using %s in two
> locations.  This leads to subtle lack-of-NUL bugs when using an 8 character
> vendor name.
> 
> Introduce x86_cpuid_vendor_to_str() to turn an x86_vendor into a printable
> string, use it in the two locations that c_vendor is used, and drop 
> c_vendor.
> 
> This drops the final user of X86_VENDOR_NUM, so drop that as well.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>



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