+ checkpatch-add-ability-to-find-bad-uses-of-vsprintf-%pfoo-extensions-fix.patch added to -mm tree

+ checkpatch-add-ability-to-find-bad-uses-of-vsprintf-%pfoo-extensions-fix.patch added to -mm tree

[akpm]

The patch titled
     Subject: checkpatch-add-ability-to-find-bad-uses-of-vsprintf-%pfoo-extensions-fix
has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
     checkpatch-add-ability-to-find-bad-uses-of-vsprintf-%pfoo-extensions-fix.patch

This patch should soon appear at
    http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/checkpatch-add-ability-to-find-bad-uses-of-vsprintf-%25pfoo-extensions-fix.patch
and later at
    http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/checkpatch-add-ability-to-find-bad-uses-of-vsprintf-%25pfoo-extensions-fix.patch

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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: checkpatch-add-ability-to-find-bad-uses-of-vsprintf-%pfoo-extensions-fix

add helpful comment into lib/vsprintf.c

Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc: William Roberts <william.c.roberts@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 lib/vsprintf.c |    3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff -puN lib/vsprintf.c~checkpatch-add-ability-to-find-bad-uses-of-vsprintf-%pfoo-extensions-fix lib/vsprintf.c
--- a/lib/vsprintf.c~checkpatch-add-ability-to-find-bad-uses-of-vsprintf-%pfoo-extensions-fix
+++ a/lib/vsprintf.c
@@ -1477,6 +1477,9 @@ int kptr_restrict __read_mostly;
  * by an extra set of alphanumeric characters that are extended format
  * specifiers.
  *
+ * Please update scripts/checkpatch.pl when adding new conversion characters.
+ * (search for "check for vsprintf extension").
+ *
  * Right now we handle:
  *
  * - 'F' For symbolic function descriptor pointers with offset
_

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