Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [RFC][PATCH v2 7/7] checkpatch: add pF/pf deprecation warning | From | Helge Deller <> | Date | Wed, 20 Sep 2017 19:53:49 +0200 |
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On 20.09.2017 19:38, Joe Perches wrote: > On Thu, 2017-09-21 at 01:29 +0900, Sergey Senozhatsky wrote: >> We deprecated '%pF/%pf' printk specifiers, since '%pS/%ps' is now smart >> enough to handle function pointer dereference on platforms where such >> dereference is required. >> >> checkpatch warning example: >> >> WARNING: Use '%pS/%ps' instead. This pointer extension was deprecated: '%pF' > > If this series is accepted, I think this message > is unclear and would prefer something like:
Is it worth to mention, that it's still needed in older kernels? Just in case some patch get's backported.
Helge
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