Re: [RFC][PATCH] printk: Add %pb to print bitmaps

[Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>]

* Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> wrote:

> @@ -857,15 +860,19 @@ int kptr_restrict __read_mostly;
>   *       correctness of the format string and va_list arguments.
>   * - 'K' For a kernel pointer that should be hidden from unprivileged users
>   * - 'NF' For a netdev_features_t
> + * - 'b' For a bitmap, consumes 2 args, second is int

hm, won't the second arg confuse gcc's printf format checker?

> +	case 'b':
> +		{
> +			int bits, len;
> +
> +			switch (fmt[1]) {
> +			case 'c':
> +				bits = nr_cpumask_bits;
> +				break;
> +			case 'n':
> +				bits = MAX_NUMNODES;
> +				break;
> +			default:
> +				bits = va_arg(args, int);
> +				break;
> +			}
> +		       
> +			len = bitmap_scnlistprintf(buf, end - buf, ptr, bits);

also, if the second argument is not provided, could va_arg() 
return noise or even NULL?

Thanks,

	Ingo