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From: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
To: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] add gcc printf format checks
Date: Sun, 06 Jan 2008 08:05:39 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1199635539.19634.8.camel@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200801061451.22338.deller@gmx.de>

On Sun, 2008-01-06 at 14:51 +0100, Helge Deller wrote:
> [PATCH] add gcc printf format checks
> diff --git a/include/linux/compat.h b/include/linux/compat.h
> index 0e69d2c..ce2038f 100644
> --- a/include/linux/compat.h
> +++ b/include/linux/compat.h
> @@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ extern int put_compat_itimerspec(struct compat_itimerspec __user *dst,
>  
>  asmlinkage long compat_sys_adjtimex(struct compat_timex __user *utp);
>  
> -extern int compat_printk(const char *fmt, ...);
> +extern int compat_printk(const char *fmt, ...) __printf(1,2);

__attribute__((format(printf, 1, 2))) seems to be the preferred
form. 91 to 1.

I think __printf should be removed from gcc-compiler.h
and the only use in include/linux/marker.h converted.



  reply	other threads:[~2008-01-06 16:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-01-06 13:51 [PATCH] add gcc printf format checks Helge Deller
2008-01-06 16:05 ` Joe Perches [this message]
     [not found]   ` <200801061858.50975.deller@gmx.de>
2008-01-07 19:14     ` Mathieu Desnoyers

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