Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] checkpatch: warn for use of %px

[Joe Perches]

On Fri, 2017-12-08 at 08:06 +1100, Tobin C. Harding wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 06, 2017 at 02:37:08PM +1100, Tobin C. Harding wrote:
> > Usage of the new %px specifier potentially leaks sensitive
> > inforamtion. Printing kernel addresses exposes the kernel layout in
> > memory, this is potentially exploitable. We have tools in the kernel to
> > help us do the right thing. We can have checkpatch warn developers of
> > potential dangers of using %px.
> > 
> > Have checkpatch emit a warning for usage of specifier %px.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Tobin C. Harding <me@xxxxxxxx>
> > Co-developed-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
>   Co-Developed-by:
> 
> Woops.
> 
> Joe I didn't quite understand what you meant when you said that this
> could go in via any tree. I'm still learning the whole kernel tree
> management thing. Don't checkpatch patches go in via Andy's tree?
> 
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/apw/checkpatch.git/

No, not in quite awhile.

Most checkpatch patches go through Andrew Morton's
quilt/mm tree.