Re: [PATCH v6 0/8] Add printf attribute to kselftest functions

[Shuah]

On 10/13/23 05:36, Maciej Wieczor-Retman wrote:
> kselftest.h declares many variadic functions that can print some
> formatted message while also executing selftest logic. These
> declarations don't have any compiler mechanism to verify if passed
> arguments are valid in comparison with format specifiers used in
> printf() calls.
>
> Attribute addition can make debugging easier, the code more consistent
> and prevent mismatched or missing variables.
>
> The first patch adds __printf() macro and applies it to all functions
> in kselftest.h that use printf format specifiers. After compiling all
> selftests using:
> 	make -C tools/testing/selftests
> many instances of format specifier mismatching are exposed in the form
> of -Wformat warnings.
>
> Fix the mismatched format specifiers caught by __printf() attribute in
> multiple tests.
>
> Series is based on kselftests next branch.
>
> Changelog v6:
> - Add methodology notes to all patches.
> - No functional changes in the patches.

Applied this series and the following three - all 25 patches are
in linux-kselftest next for Linux 6.7-rc1.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/cover.1696932728.git.maciej.wieczor-retman@xxxxxxxxx/
[2] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20231002094813.6633-1-ilpo.jarvinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
[3] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230904095339.11321-1-ilpo.jarvinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/

thanks,
-- Shuah