From 8db1486065141e619e4855b84e350ef32064f7e1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nicolas Iooss Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2015 16:23:42 -0700 Subject: 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 Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman Cc: Felipe Balbi Cc: Joel Becker Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- include/linux/configfs.h | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'include/linux/configfs.h') diff --git a/include/linux/configfs.h b/include/linux/configfs.h index c9e5c57e4edf..63a36e89d0eb 100644 --- a/include/linux/configfs.h +++ b/include/linux/configfs.h @@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ struct config_item { struct dentry *ci_dentry; }; -extern int config_item_set_name(struct config_item *, const char *, ...); +extern __printf(2, 3) +int config_item_set_name(struct config_item *, const char *, ...); static inline char *config_item_name(struct config_item * item) { -- cgit v1.2.3-59-g8ed1b