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/cpu.h | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'include/linux/cpu.h') diff --git a/include/linux/cpu.h b/include/linux/cpu.h index c0fb6b1b4712..23c30bdcca86 100644 --- a/include/linux/cpu.h +++ b/include/linux/cpu.h @@ -40,9 +40,10 @@ extern void cpu_remove_dev_attr(struct device_attribute *attr); extern int cpu_add_dev_attr_group(struct attribute_group *attrs); extern void cpu_remove_dev_attr_group(struct attribute_group *attrs); -extern struct device *cpu_device_create(struct device *parent, void *drvdata, - const struct attribute_group **groups, - const char *fmt, ...); +extern __printf(4, 5) +struct device *cpu_device_create(struct device *parent, void *drvdata, + const struct attribute_group **groups, + const char *fmt, ...); #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU extern void unregister_cpu(struct cpu *cpu); extern ssize_t arch_cpu_probe(const char *, size_t); -- cgit v1.2.3