Re: [PATCH v4 2/9] vsprintf: Consistent %pK handling for kptr_restrict == 0

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Sat Apr 07 2018 - 10:19:39 EST


On Thu, 2018-04-05 at 16:46 +0200, Petr Mladek wrote:
> On Thu 2018-04-05 16:04:45, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > On Wed, 2018-04-04 at 10:58 +0200, Petr Mladek wrote:
> > > restricted_pointer() pretends that it prints the address when
> > > kptr_restrict
> > > is set to zero. But it is never called in this situation. Instead,
> > > pointer() falls back to ptr_to_id() and hashes the pointer.
> > >
> > > This patch removes the potential confusion. klp_restrict is
> > > checked
> > > only
> > > in restricted_pointer().
> > >
> >
> >
> > > /* Maps a pointer to a 32 bit unique identifier. */
> > > -static char *ptr_to_id(char *buf, char *end, void *ptr, struct
> > > printf_spec spec)
> > > +static char *ptr_to_id(char *buf, char *end,
> > > + const void *ptr, struct printf_spec spec)
> >
> > I don't think this change belongs to the patch.
>
> The const should have been there from the beginning. I have found it
> because this patch added a call to ptr_to_id() which had the const
> and compiler warned about cast problems.

So, why not to do a separate patch with clear intention?

> IMHO, it is rather cosmetic change.

>From my experience I'm afraid of cosmetic changes in the patches which
might focus out attention on real fix.

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Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Intel Finland Oy