Re: [RFC PATCH 1/7] compiler_attributes.h: add __attribute__((format_arg)) shorthand

From: Miguel Ojeda
Date: Wed Jan 09 2019 - 05:57:41 EST


Hi Rasmus,

On Fri, Nov 2, 2018 at 11:43 AM Rasmus Villemoes
<linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 2018-11-02 11:36, Miguel Ojeda wrote:
> > Hi Rasmus,
> >
> > On Sat, Oct 27, 2018 at 2:06 PM Miguel Ojeda
> > <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> I did quick check and gcc >= 4.1, clang >= 3.0, icc >= 13 compilers
> >> seem to support it (or at least recognize it, even if they just ignore
> >> it), so we do not need to make it optional, no? Did I miss some case?
> >
> > compiler-attributes landed -- do you want to do the v2 of this (i.e.
> > #defining it unconditionally) or you prefer I simply fix up the patch?
>
> I'll wait a few more days for comments on fmtcheck(), and allow you to
> do the 'optional'/'required' clarification in the meantime. I hope to
> get fmtcheck() picked up for -next around -rc3 or so.

Any news about fmtcheck()? The "Optional" clarification landed a few
weeks ago, in case you wanted to know. Hopefully it is more clear now.

Cheers,
Miguel