From: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@gmail.com>
To: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com>,
Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/14] Fix wrong %pF and %pS printk format specifier usages
Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2017 09:45:22 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170907004522.GA3885@jagdpanzerIV.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1504729681-3504-1-git-send-email-deller@gmx.de>
On (09/06/17 22:27), Helge Deller wrote:
> This patch series fixes the wrong usages of the %pF and %pS printk format
> specifiers throughout the kernel code.
>
> Both specifiers have the same result on most architectures. But on ia64, ppc64
> and parisc64 architectures the %pF specifier does an extra conversion because
> there function pointers are actually function descriptors.
hm...
can we fix it in lib/vsprintf.c instead?
a) the patch set has "there is no problem on platform A, but still
let's just change it"
which is probably fine. but
b) you tweak/fix the currently existing users, OK. but there, most
likely, will be new users that will require fixes in the future.
-ss
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-09-07 0:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 71+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-09-06 20:27 [PATCH 00/14] Fix wrong %pF and %pS printk format specifier usages Helge Deller
2017-09-06 20:27 ` [PATCH 01/14] arm: Use %pS printk format for symbols from direct addresses Helge Deller
2017-09-06 20:27 ` Helge Deller
2017-09-06 20:27 ` [PATCH 02/14] um: " Helge Deller
2017-09-12 12:10 ` Petr Mladek
2017-09-21 20:13 ` Richard Weinberger
2017-09-06 20:27 ` [PATCH 03/14] x86: " Helge Deller
2017-09-06 20:27 ` [PATCH 04/14] ti_sci: Use %pS printk format for " Helge Deller
2017-09-06 20:27 ` Helge Deller
2017-09-08 23:30 ` Nishanth Menon
2017-09-08 23:30 ` Nishanth Menon
2017-09-09 0:30 ` Santosh Shilimkar
2017-09-09 0:30 ` Santosh Shilimkar
2017-09-06 20:27 ` [PATCH 05/14] i915: " Helge Deller
2017-09-27 12:24 ` [Intel-gfx] " Daniel Vetter
2017-09-27 12:24 ` Daniel Vetter
2017-09-06 20:27 ` [PATCH 06/14] md/bcache: " Helge Deller
2017-09-07 4:50 ` Coly Li
2017-09-07 7:42 ` Helge Deller
2017-09-07 7:49 ` Coly Li
2017-09-07 8:05 ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2017-09-06 20:27 ` [PATCH 07/14] power/avs: " Helge Deller
2017-09-08 23:37 ` Nishanth Menon
2017-09-08 23:37 ` Nishanth Menon
2017-09-06 20:27 ` [PATCH 08/14] fs/f2fs: " Helge Deller
2017-09-06 20:27 ` Helge Deller
2017-09-06 20:27 ` [PATCH 09/14] fs/pstore: " Helge Deller
2018-11-29 23:26 ` Kees Cook
2018-11-29 23:49 ` Luck, Tony
2018-11-30 0:40 ` Kees Cook
2017-09-06 20:27 ` [PATCH 10/14] fs/xfs: " Helge Deller
2017-09-08 7:38 ` Christoph Hellwig
2017-09-18 18:37 ` Darrick J. Wong
2017-09-06 20:27 ` [PATCH 11/14] smp: Use %pF printk format specifier for function pointers Helge Deller
2017-09-06 20:27 ` [PATCH 12/14] mm/memblock: Use %pS printk format for direct addresses Helge Deller
2017-09-06 20:27 ` Helge Deller
2017-09-06 20:28 ` [PATCH 13/14] netfilter/ipvs: " Helge Deller
2017-10-09 5:52 ` Simon Horman
2017-11-06 13:46 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
2017-09-06 20:28 ` [PATCH 14/14] sound/core: " Helge Deller
2017-09-07 8:36 ` Takashi Iwai
2017-09-07 8:36 ` Takashi Iwai
2017-09-07 0:45 ` Sergey Senozhatsky [this message]
2017-09-07 6:01 ` [PATCH 00/14] Fix wrong %pF and %pS printk format specifier usages Helge Deller
2017-09-07 7:56 ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2017-09-07 8:32 ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2017-09-07 9:12 ` Helge Deller
2017-09-07 9:36 ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2017-09-07 9:51 ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2017-09-07 12:38 ` Helge Deller
2017-09-07 16:05 ` Luck, Tony
2017-09-08 6:18 ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2017-09-08 17:25 ` Luck, Tony
2017-09-08 18:28 ` Helge Deller
2017-09-14 7:40 ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2017-09-14 8:03 ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2017-09-14 8:39 ` Helge Deller
2017-09-14 9:27 ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2017-09-14 9:47 ` Helge Deller
2017-09-14 16:01 ` Luck, Tony
2017-09-18 7:03 ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2017-09-14 6:53 ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2017-09-08 20:49 ` Helge Deller
2017-09-12 11:18 ` Petr Mladek
2017-09-14 6:44 ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2017-09-08 22:23 ` Yu, Fenghua
2017-09-14 6:35 ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2017-09-07 16:50 ` Joe Perches
2017-09-08 6:23 ` Sergey Senozhatsky
2017-09-08 20:39 ` Helge Deller
2017-09-12 12:23 ` Petr Mladek
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