[PATCH 2/2] vsprintf: Use __diag macros to disable '-Wsuggest-attribute=format'

From: Nathan Chancellor
Date: Fri Apr 04 2025 - 18:10:44 EST


The GCC specific warning '-Wsuggest-attribute=format' is disabled around
va_format() using raw #pragma statements, which includes an
'#ifndef __clang__' to avoid a warning about an unknown warning option
from clang (which recognizes '#pragma GCC' for compatibility reasons):

lib/vsprintf.c:1703:32: error: unknown warning group '-Wsuggest-attribute=format', ignored [-Werror,-Wunknown-warning-option]
1703 | #pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wsuggest-attribute=format"
| ^

While the current solution works, it is not visually appealing. The
kernel already has some infrastructure that wraps these #pragma
statements to give more specific control over diagnostics without
needing #ifdef blocks for different compilers. Convert the existing
statements over to the __diag macros.

Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
lib/vsprintf.c | 9 ++++-----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/vsprintf.c b/lib/vsprintf.c
index a2195bc81723..8a6cdee0d4ad 100644
--- a/lib/vsprintf.c
+++ b/lib/vsprintf.c
@@ -1699,10 +1699,9 @@ char *escaped_string(char *buf, char *end, u8 *addr, struct printf_spec spec,
return buf;
}

-#pragma GCC diagnostic push
-#ifndef __clang__
-#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wsuggest-attribute=format"
-#endif
+__diag_push();
+__diag_ignore(GCC, all, "-Wsuggest-attribute=format",
+ "Not a valid __printf() conversion candidate.");
static char *va_format(char *buf, char *end, struct va_format *va_fmt,
struct printf_spec spec)
{
@@ -1717,7 +1716,7 @@ static char *va_format(char *buf, char *end, struct va_format *va_fmt,

return buf;
}
-#pragma GCC diagnostic pop
+__diag_pop();

static noinline_for_stack
char *uuid_string(char *buf, char *end, const u8 *addr,

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