Re: [RFC][PATCH v2 7/7] checkpatch: add pF/pf deprecation warning

From: Helge Deller
Date: Wed Sep 20 2017 - 13:54:26 EST


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