Re: [PATCH 1/2] s390/kvm: Refactor __diag_time_slice_end_directed for single exit point

[Heiko Carstens <hca@linux.ibm.com>]

On Fri, Jun 19, 2026 at 12:27:56PM +0200, Christian Borntraeger wrote:
> > +	const char *result;
...
> > +	result = "ignored";
> > +out:
> > +	VCPU_EVENT(vcpu, 5, "diag time slice end directed to %d: %s", tid,
> > +		   result);
> 
> result is a local variable that will go out of scope. You can not reference those
> in the s390dbf feature as it will only store the string pointer and it will not
> resolve the %s. So this wont work.

Why should this not work? The life time of result doesn't matter. The
_content_ of 'result', which is a pointer to ro.data section, where
the strings reside, is passed to the debug feature call. 'result' is
not required to resolve "%s" later.

But maybe I miss your point?