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SubjectRe: [PATCH] acpi: Fix format string type mistakes
On Sat, Dec 17, 2016 at 12:04 AM, Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 2:36 PM, Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael@kernel.org> wrote:
>> On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 10:51 PM, Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> wrote:
>>> From: Emese Revfy <re.emese@gmail.com>
>>>
>>> This adds the missing __printf attribute which allows compile time
>>> format string checking (and will be used by the coming initify gcc
>>> plugin). Additionally, this fixes the warnings exposed by the attribute.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Emese Revfy <re.emese@gmail.com>
>>> [kees: split scsi/acpi, merged attr and fix, new commit messages]
>>> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
>>
>> This modifies code that we get from an external projiect (ACPICA) and
>> the bugs should be fixed in there in the first place.
>
> Who should get CCed?

Fortunately, the right people are in the CC list already. :-)

>> Moreover, I'm not sure if adding __printf in acpiosxf.h is a good idea.
>
> Why not?

Because it would cause that file to diverge from its upstream
counterpart which would be sort of a problem.

> This is going to be needed by the initify plugin to do
> correct detection of what's being passed around to functions...

I guess the question is what we will miss if we don't do that
specifically for ACPICA.

Thanks,
Rafael

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