Re: [PATCH] x86/resctrl: add printf attribute to log function

From: Reinette Chatre
Date: Thu Jan 07 2021 - 16:52:58 EST


Hi Tom,

On 12/21/2020 8:00 AM, trix@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
From: Tom Rix <trix@xxxxxxxxxx>

Attributing the function allows the compiler to more thoroughly
check the use of the function with -Wformat and similar flags.

Signed-off-by: Tom Rix <trix@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/internal.h | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/internal.h b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/internal.h
index ee71c47844cb..c4d320d02fd5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/internal.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/internal.h
@@ -572,6 +572,7 @@ union cpuid_0x10_x_edx {
void rdt_last_cmd_clear(void);
void rdt_last_cmd_puts(const char *s);
+__printf(1, 2)
void rdt_last_cmd_printf(const char *fmt, ...);
void rdt_ctrl_update(void *arg);


This is a valuable addition, thank you.

Acked-by: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@xxxxxxxxx>

Reinette