Re: [PATCH] sysfs print name of undiscoverable attribute group as well

From: Johannes Thumshirn
Date: Sun Sep 18 2016 - 14:01:18 EST


On Sun, Sep 18, 2016 at 09:36:02AM +0200, Greg KH wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 09:44:06PM +0200, Johannes Thumshirn wrote:
> > Print the name of an undiscoverable attribute group as well, not just
> > the pointer's address.
>
> Shouldn't we just drop the pointer address and use the name? It's bad
> form to be printing kernel addresses to the syslog these days given that
> it is a security information leak :(

Probably yes. Given it's not etremely helpful when debugging either
I'll send a v2 with the address dropped.

Thanks,
Johannes

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