Re: [PATCH] scsi: libsas: Add __printf attribute to sas_ata_printk()

[John Garry <john.garry@linux.dev>]

On 10/20/26 20:59, Adrián García Casado wrote:
> sas_ata_printk() formats its variadic arguments via struct va_format and
> %pV before passing them to printk().
> 
> Because %pV hides the format string from the compiler, GCC does not suggest
> the format attribute under -Wsuggest-attribute=format, and callers do not
> get compile-time format string validation.
> 
> Add the __printf(3, 4) attribute to sas_ata_printk() to enable compile-time
> format string checking for its callers.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Adrián García Casado <adriangarciacasado42@gmail.com>
> ---
>   drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_ata.c | 1 +
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_ata.c b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_ata.c
> index 61368e55bf..53eac56c3a 100644
> --- a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_ata.c
> +++ b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_ata.c
> @@ -372,6 +372,7 @@ static int local_ata_check_ready(struct ata_link *link)
>   	}
>   }

I checked 
https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Common-Attributes.html#Common-Function-Attributes 
format section, and this looks sane, so:
Reviewed-by: John Garry <john.garry@linux.dev>


>   
> +__printf(3, 4)
>   static int sas_ata_printk(const char *level, const struct domain_device *ddev,
>   			  const char *fmt, ...)
>   {