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Subject[PATCH v9 08/12] lib/vsprintf: Add a note on re-using %pf or %pF
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Add a note warning of re-use of obsolete %pf or %pF extensions.

Signed-off-by: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Suggested-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
---
lib/vsprintf.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/vsprintf.c b/lib/vsprintf.c
index a58329c8fa750..cf48769fe330c 100644
--- a/lib/vsprintf.c
+++ b/lib/vsprintf.c
@@ -2008,6 +2008,8 @@ static char *kobject_string(char *buf, char *end, void *ptr,
* - 'S' For symbolic direct pointers (or function descriptors) with offset
* - 's' For symbolic direct pointers (or function descriptors) without offset
* - '[Ss]R' as above with __builtin_extract_return_addr() translation
+ * - '[Ff]' %pf and %pF were obsoleted and later removed in favor of
+ * %ps and %pS. Be careful when re-using these specifiers.
* - 'B' For backtraced symbolic direct pointers with offset
* - 'R' For decoded struct resource, e.g., [mem 0x0-0x1f 64bit pref]
* - 'r' For raw struct resource, e.g., [mem 0x0-0x1f flags 0x201]
--
2.20.1
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