[PATCH] bdi: fix -Wformat-security

From: Nick Desaulniers
Date: Fri Oct 23 2020 - 02:58:09 EST


mm/backing-dev.c:810:57: warning: format string is not a string literal
(potentially insecure) [-Wformat-security]
dev = device_create(bdi_class, NULL, MKDEV(0, 0), bdi, bdi->dev_name);
^~~~~~~~~~~~~

Signed-off-by: Nick Desaulniers <nick.desaulniers@xxxxxxxxx>
---
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mm/backing-dev.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mm/backing-dev.c b/mm/backing-dev.c
index 408d5051d05b..5755578d671d 100644
--- a/mm/backing-dev.c
+++ b/mm/backing-dev.c
@@ -807,7 +807,7 @@ int bdi_register_va(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, const char *fmt, va_list args)
return 0;

vsnprintf(bdi->dev_name, sizeof(bdi->dev_name), fmt, args);
- dev = device_create(bdi_class, NULL, MKDEV(0, 0), bdi, bdi->dev_name);
+ dev = device_create(bdi_class, NULL, MKDEV(0, 0), bdi, "%s", bdi->dev_name);
if (IS_ERR(dev))
return PTR_ERR(dev);

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2.25.1