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authorNicolas Iooss <nicolas.iooss_linux@m4x.org>2015-07-18 02:23:42 +0300
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2015-07-18 02:39:53 +0300
commit8db1486065141e619e4855b84e350ef32064f7e1 (patch)
tree438cace62ece1251656b38fbf428cf5aa5184fb8 /include/linux/kernel.h
parent7f9be77555bb2e52de84e9dddf7b4eb20cc6e171 (diff)
downloadlinux-8db1486065141e619e4855b84e350ef32064f7e1.tar.xz
include, lib: add __printf attributes to several function prototypes
Using __printf attributes helps to detect several format string issues at compile time (even though -Wformat-security is currently disabled in Makefile). For example it can detect when formatting a pointer as a number, like the issue fixed in commit a3fa71c40f18 ("wl18xx: show rx_frames_per_rates as an array as it really is"), or when the arguments do not match the format string, c.f. for example commit 5ce1aca81435 ("reiserfs: fix __RASSERT format string"). To prevent similar bugs in the future, add a __printf attribute to every function prototype which needs one in include/linux/ and lib/. These functions were mostly found by using gcc's -Wsuggest-attribute=format flag. Signed-off-by: Nicolas Iooss <nicolas.iooss_linux@m4x.org> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Cc: Felipe Balbi <balbi@ti.com> Cc: Joel Becker <jlbec@evilplan.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/kernel.h')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/kernel.h9
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
index 5f0be58640ea..5582410727cb 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernel.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -411,7 +411,8 @@ extern __printf(3, 0)
int vscnprintf(char *buf, size_t size, const char *fmt, va_list args);
extern __printf(2, 3)
char *kasprintf(gfp_t gfp, const char *fmt, ...);
-extern char *kvasprintf(gfp_t gfp, const char *fmt, va_list args);
+extern __printf(2, 0)
+char *kvasprintf(gfp_t gfp, const char *fmt, va_list args);
extern __scanf(2, 3)
int sscanf(const char *, const char *, ...);
@@ -679,10 +680,10 @@ do { \
__ftrace_vprintk(_THIS_IP_, fmt, vargs); \
} while (0)
-extern int
+extern __printf(2, 0) int
__ftrace_vbprintk(unsigned long ip, const char *fmt, va_list ap);
-extern int
+extern __printf(2, 0) int
__ftrace_vprintk(unsigned long ip, const char *fmt, va_list ap);
extern void ftrace_dump(enum ftrace_dump_mode oops_dump_mode);
@@ -702,7 +703,7 @@ int trace_printk(const char *fmt, ...)
{
return 0;
}
-static inline int
+static __printf(1, 0) inline int
ftrace_vprintk(const char *fmt, va_list ap)
{
return 0;