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SubjectRe: [PATCH] iwl4965: Enable checking of format strings
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Rasmus Villemoes <linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk> writes:

> Since these fmt_* variables are just const char*, and not const
> char[], gcc (and smatch) doesn't to type checking of the arguments to
> the printf functions. Since the linker knows perfectly well to merge
> identical string constants, there's no point in having three static
> pointers waste memory and give an extra level of indirection.
>
> This removes over 100 "non-constant format argument" warnings from
> smatch, accounting for about 20% of all such warnings in an
> allmodconfig.
>
> Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk>

So what's the conclusion, should I commit this patch or not?

Full discussion here:

https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/5814811/

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Kalle Valo


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