Re: [PATCH] firmware/psci: fix missing '%u' format literal in kthread_create_on_cpu()

From: Lorenzo Pieralisi
Date: Tue Oct 01 2024 - 04:58:28 EST


On Mon, Sep 30, 2024 at 05:44:33PM +0200, Alexander Lobakin wrote:
> kthread_create_on_cpu() always requires format string to contain one
> '%u' at the end, as it automatically adds the CPU ID when passing it
> to kthread_create_on_node(). The former isn't marked as __printf()
> as it's not printf-like itself, which effectively hides this from
> the compiler.
> If you convert this function to printf-like, you'll see the following:
>
> In file included from drivers/firmware/psci/psci_checker.c:15:
> drivers/firmware/psci/psci_checker.c: In function 'suspend_tests':
> drivers/firmware/psci/psci_checker.c:401:48: warning: too many arguments for format [-Wformat-extra-args]
> 401 | "psci_suspend_test");
> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> drivers/firmware/psci/psci_checker.c:400:32: warning: data argument not used by format string [-Wformat-extra-args]
> 400 | (void *)(long)cpu, cpu,
> | ^
> 401 | "psci_suspend_test");
> | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Add the missing format literal to fix this. Now the corresponding
> kthread will be named as "psci_suspend_test-<cpuid>", as it's meant by
> kthread_create_on_cpu().
>
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202408141012.KhvKaxoh-lkp@xxxxxxxxx
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202408141243.eQiEOQQe-lkp@xxxxxxxxx
> Fixes: ea8b1c4a6019 ("drivers: psci: PSCI checker module")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # 4.10+
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Lobakin <aleksander.lobakin@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/firmware/psci/psci_checker.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Acked-by: Lorenzo Pieralisi <lpieralisi@xxxxxxxxxx>

> diff --git a/drivers/firmware/psci/psci_checker.c b/drivers/firmware/psci/psci_checker.c
> index 116eb465cdb4..ecc511c745ce 100644
> --- a/drivers/firmware/psci/psci_checker.c
> +++ b/drivers/firmware/psci/psci_checker.c
> @@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ static int suspend_tests(void)
>
> thread = kthread_create_on_cpu(suspend_test_thread,
> (void *)(long)cpu, cpu,
> - "psci_suspend_test");
> + "psci_suspend_test-%u");
> if (IS_ERR(thread))
> pr_err("Failed to create kthread on CPU %d\n", cpu);
> else
> --
> 2.46.2
>