[PATCH v6 08/12] lib/vsprintf: Remove support for %pF and %pf in favour of %pS and %ps

[Sakari Ailus]

%pS and %ps are now the preferred conversion specifiers to print function
names. The functionality is equivalent; remove the old, deprecated %pF
and %pf support.

Depends-on: commit 2d44d165e939 ("scsi: lpfc: Convert existing %pf users to %ps")
Signed-off-by: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 Documentation/core-api/printk-formats.rst | 10 ----------
 lib/vsprintf.c                            |  8 ++------
 scripts/checkpatch.pl                     |  1 -
 3 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/printk-formats.rst b/Documentation/core-api/printk-formats.rst
index c6224d039bcbe..922a29eb70e6c 100644
--- a/Documentation/core-api/printk-formats.rst
+++ b/Documentation/core-api/printk-formats.rst
@@ -86,8 +86,6 @@ Symbols/Function Pointers
 
 	%pS	versatile_init+0x0/0x110
 	%ps	versatile_init
-	%pF	versatile_init+0x0/0x110
-	%pf	versatile_init
 	%pSR	versatile_init+0x9/0x110
 		(with __builtin_extract_return_addr() translation)
 	%pB	prev_fn_of_versatile_init+0x88/0x88
@@ -97,14 +95,6 @@ The ``S`` and ``s`` specifiers are used for printing a pointer in symbolic
 format. They result in the symbol name with (S) or without (s)
 offsets. If KALLSYMS are disabled then the symbol address is printed instead.
 
-Note, that the ``F`` and ``f`` specifiers are identical to ``S`` (``s``)
-and thus deprecated. We have ``F`` and ``f`` because on ia64, ppc64 and
-parisc64 function pointers are indirect and, in fact, are function
-descriptors, which require additional dereferencing before we can lookup
-the symbol. As of now, ``S`` and ``s`` perform dereferencing on those
-platforms (when needed), so ``F`` and ``f`` exist for compatibility
-reasons only.
-
 The ``B`` specifier results in the symbol name with offsets and should be
 used when printing stack backtraces. The specifier takes into
 consideration the effect of compiler optimisations which may occur
diff --git a/lib/vsprintf.c b/lib/vsprintf.c
index b0967cf17137d..b00b57f9f911f 100644
--- a/lib/vsprintf.c
+++ b/lib/vsprintf.c
@@ -909,7 +909,7 @@ char *symbol_string(char *buf, char *end, void *ptr,
 #ifdef CONFIG_KALLSYMS
 	if (*fmt == 'B')
 		sprint_backtrace(sym, value);
-	else if (*fmt != 'f' && *fmt != 's')
+	else if (*fmt != 's')
 		sprint_symbol(sym, value);
 	else
 		sprint_symbol_no_offset(sym, value);
@@ -2007,9 +2007,7 @@ static char *kobject_string(char *buf, char *end, void *ptr,
  *
  * - 'S' For symbolic direct pointers (or function descriptors) with offset
  * - 's' For symbolic direct pointers (or function descriptors) without offset
- * - 'F' Same as 'S'
- * - 'f' Same as 's'
- * - '[FfSs]R' as above with __builtin_extract_return_addr() translation
+ * - '[Ss]R' as above with __builtin_extract_return_addr() translation
  * - 'B' For backtraced symbolic direct pointers with offset
  * - 'R' For decoded struct resource, e.g., [mem 0x0-0x1f 64bit pref]
  * - 'r' For raw struct resource, e.g., [mem 0x0-0x1f flags 0x201]
@@ -2112,8 +2110,6 @@ char *pointer(const char *fmt, char *buf, char *end, void *ptr,
 	      struct printf_spec spec)
 {
 	switch (*fmt) {
-	case 'F':
-	case 'f':
 	case 'S':
 	case 's':
 		ptr = dereference_symbol_descriptor(ptr);
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 93a7edfe0f059..a60c241112cd4 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -6012,7 +6012,6 @@ sub process {
 					my $ext_type = "Invalid";
 					my $use = "";
 					if ($bad_specifier =~ /p[Ff]/) {
-						$ext_type = "Deprecated";
 						$use = " - use %pS instead";
 						$use =~ s/pS/ps/ if ($bad_specifier =~ /pf/);
 					}
-- 
2.20.1