drivers/soc/qcom/qcom_aoss.c:230:9: warning: function 'qmp_send' might be a candidate for 'gnu_printf' format attribute

[kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>]

Hi Bjorn,

FYI, the error/warning still remains.

tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master
head:   6c1dd1fe5d8a1d43ed96e2e0ed44a88c73c5c039
commit: 8873d1e2f88afbe89c99d8f49f88934a2da2991f soc: qcom: aoss: Format string in qmp_send()
date:   5 months ago
config: sparc-allmodconfig (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20240110/202401100855.UYl3HPPt-lkp@intel.com/config)
compiler: sparc64-linux-gcc (GCC) 13.2.0
reproduce (this is a W=1 build): (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20240110/202401100855.UYl3HPPt-lkp@intel.com/reproduce)

If you fix the issue in a separate patch/commit (i.e. not just a new version of
the same patch/commit), kindly add following tags
| Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
| Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202401100855.UYl3HPPt-lkp@intel.com/

All warnings (new ones prefixed by >>):

   drivers/soc/qcom/qcom_aoss.c: In function 'qmp_send':
>> drivers/soc/qcom/qcom_aoss.c:230:9: warning: function 'qmp_send' might be a candidate for 'gnu_printf' format attribute [-Wsuggest-attribute=format]
     230 |         len = vsnprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), fmt, args);
         |         ^~~


vim +230 drivers/soc/qcom/qcom_aoss.c

   204	
   205	/**
   206	 * qmp_send() - send a message to the AOSS
   207	 * @qmp: qmp context
   208	 * @fmt: format string for message to be sent
   209	 * @...: arguments for the format string
   210	 *
   211	 * Transmit message to AOSS and wait for the AOSS to acknowledge the message.
   212	 * data must not be longer than the mailbox size. Access is synchronized by
   213	 * this implementation.
   214	 *
   215	 * Return: 0 on success, negative errno on failure
   216	 */
   217	int qmp_send(struct qmp *qmp, const char *fmt, ...)
   218	{
   219		char buf[QMP_MSG_LEN];
   220		long time_left;
   221		va_list args;
   222		int len;
   223		int ret;
   224	
   225		if (WARN_ON(IS_ERR_OR_NULL(qmp) || !fmt))
   226			return -EINVAL;
   227	
   228		memset(buf, 0, sizeof(buf));
   229		va_start(args, fmt);
 > 230		len = vsnprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), fmt, args);
   231		va_end(args);
   232	
   233		if (WARN_ON(len >= sizeof(buf)))
   234			return -EINVAL;
   235	
   236		mutex_lock(&qmp->tx_lock);
   237	
   238		/* The message RAM only implements 32-bit accesses */
   239		__iowrite32_copy(qmp->msgram + qmp->offset + sizeof(u32),
   240				 buf, sizeof(buf) / sizeof(u32));
   241		writel(sizeof(buf), qmp->msgram + qmp->offset);
   242	
   243		/* Read back length to confirm data written in message RAM */
   244		readl(qmp->msgram + qmp->offset);
   245		qmp_kick(qmp);
   246	
   247		time_left = wait_event_interruptible_timeout(qmp->event,
   248							     qmp_message_empty(qmp), HZ);
   249		if (!time_left) {
   250			dev_err(qmp->dev, "ucore did not ack channel\n");
   251			ret = -ETIMEDOUT;
   252	
   253			/* Clear message from buffer */
   254			writel(0, qmp->msgram + qmp->offset);
   255		} else {
   256			ret = 0;
   257		}
   258	
   259		mutex_unlock(&qmp->tx_lock);
   260	
   261		return ret;
   262	}
   263	EXPORT_SYMBOL(qmp_send);
   264	

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