[PATCH] nvme: work around -Wformat-security warning

From: Arnd Bergmann

Date: Wed Sep 16 2026 - 07:45:57 EST


From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>

Passing a string variable into dev_set_name() causes a warning
when building with -Wformat-security enabled:

drivers/nvme/host/core.c: In function 'nvme_cdev_add':
drivers/nvme/host/core.c:3911:9: error: format not a string literal and no format arguments [-Werror=format-security]
3911 | ret = dev_set_name(cdev_device, name);

Remove the temporary strings and let dev_set_name() do the
same thing internally.

Fixes: 26acdaa357cd ("nvme: fix crash and memory leak during invalid cdev teardown")
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/nvme/host/core.c | 21 +++++++++------------
drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c | 12 +++++-------
drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h | 6 +++---
3 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
index beea23d04a70..79f6a2c7923e 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
@@ -3931,9 +3931,9 @@ void nvme_cdev_del(struct cdev *cdev, struct device *cdev_device)
put_device(cdev_device);
}

-int nvme_cdev_add(const char *name, struct cdev *cdev,
- struct device *cdev_device,
- const struct file_operations *fops, struct module *owner)
+int nvme_cdev_add(struct cdev *cdev, struct device *cdev_device,
+ const struct file_operations *fops, struct module *owner,
+ int ctrl, int head)
{
int minor, ret;

@@ -3941,7 +3941,7 @@ int nvme_cdev_add(const char *name, struct cdev *cdev,
if (minor < 0)
return minor;

- ret = dev_set_name(cdev_device, name);
+ ret = dev_set_name(cdev_device, "ng%dn%d", ctrl, head);
if (ret) {
ida_free(&nvme_ns_chr_minor_ida, minor);
return ret;
@@ -3982,17 +3982,14 @@ static const struct file_operations nvme_ns_chr_fops = {

static void nvme_add_ns_cdev(struct nvme_ns *ns)
{
- char name[32];
-
ns->cdev_device.parent = ns->ctrl->device;
- snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "ng%dn%d", ns->ctrl->instance,
- ns->head->instance);

nvme_get_ns(ns); /* Undone in nvme_cdev_rel() */
- if (nvme_cdev_add(name, &ns->cdev, &ns->cdev_device,
- &nvme_ns_chr_fops, ns->ctrl->ops->module)) {
- dev_err(ns->ctrl->device, "Unable to create the %s device\n",
- name);
+ if (nvme_cdev_add(&ns->cdev, &ns->cdev_device,
+ &nvme_ns_chr_fops, ns->ctrl->ops->module,
+ ns->ctrl->instance, ns->head->instance)) {
+ dev_err(ns->ctrl->device, "Unable to create the ng%dn%d device\n",
+ ns->ctrl->instance, ns->head->instance);
nvme_put_ns(ns);
return;
}
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c b/drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c
index 75dbb58286a3..3d46c4f28a47 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c
@@ -646,17 +646,15 @@ static const struct file_operations nvme_ns_head_chr_fops = {

static void nvme_add_ns_head_cdev(struct nvme_ns_head *head)
{
- char name[32];
-
head->cdev_device.parent = &head->subsys->dev;
- snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "ng%dn%d", head->subsys->instance,
- head->instance);

nvme_get_ns_head(head); /* Undone in nvme_cdev_rel() */
- if (nvme_cdev_add(name, &head->cdev, &head->cdev_device,
- &nvme_ns_head_chr_fops, THIS_MODULE)) {
+ if (nvme_cdev_add(&head->cdev, &head->cdev_device,
+ &nvme_ns_head_chr_fops, THIS_MODULE,
+ head->subsys->instance, head->instance)) {
dev_err(disk_to_dev(head->disk),
- "Unable to create the %s device\n", name);
+ "Unable to create the ng%dn%d device\n",
+ head->subsys->instance, head->instance);
nvme_put_ns_head(head);
return;
}
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h b/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
index 2cff9fcbf740..e0260f4d24fd 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
@@ -1013,9 +1013,9 @@ int nvme_get_log(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, u32 nsid, u8 log_page, u8 lsp, u8 csi,
void nvme_get_ns_head(struct nvme_ns_head *head);
bool nvme_tryget_ns_head(struct nvme_ns_head *head);
void nvme_put_ns_head(struct nvme_ns_head *head);
-int nvme_cdev_add(const char *name, struct cdev *cdev,
- struct device *cdev_device,
- const struct file_operations *fops, struct module *owner);
+int nvme_cdev_add(struct cdev *cdev, struct device *cdev_device,
+ const struct file_operations *fops, struct module *owner,
+ int ctrl, int head);
void nvme_cdev_del(struct cdev *cdev, struct device *cdev_device);
int nvme_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, blk_mode_t mode,
unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg);
--
2.53.0