RE: [PATCH] vsprintf: Do not break early boot with probing addresses

From: David Laight
Date: Tue May 14 2019 - 04:30:06 EST


> And I like Steven's "(fault)" idea.
> How about this:
>
> if ptr < PAGE_SIZE -> "(null)"
> if IS_ERR_VALUE(ptr) -> "(fault)"
>
> -ss

Or:
if (ptr < PAGE_SIZE)
return ptr ? "(null+)" : "(null)";
if IS_ERR_VALUE(ptr)
return "(errno)"

David

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