RE: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH net-next 0/7] net: Don't use %pK through printk
From: Loktionov, Aleksandr
Date: Mon Apr 14 2025 - 12:19:00 EST
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Intel-wired-lan <intel-wired-lan-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of
> Thomas Weißschuh
> Sent: Monday, April 14, 2025 10:26 AM
> To: Jeff Johnson <jjohnson@xxxxxxxxxx>; Loic Poulain
> <loic.poulain@xxxxxxxxxx>; Brian Norris <briannorris@xxxxxxxxxxxx>;
> Francesco Dolcini <francesco@xxxxxxxxxx>; Nguyen, Anthony L
> <anthony.l.nguyen@xxxxxxxxx>; Kitszel, Przemyslaw
> <przemyslaw.kitszel@xxxxxxxxx>; Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@xxxxxxx>;
> David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Dumazet, Eric
> <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>; Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>; Paolo Abeni
> <pabeni@xxxxxxxxxx>; Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@xxxxxxxxxx>; Leon
> Romanovsky <leon@xxxxxxxxxx>; Tariq Toukan <tariqt@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: ath10k@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> ath11k@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; ath12k@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> wcn36xx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-wireless@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; intel-wired-
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> Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH net-next 0/7] net: Don't use %pK through
> printk
>
> In the past %pK was preferable to %p as it would not leak raw pointer values
> into the kernel log.
> Since commit ad67b74d2469 ("printk: hash addresses printed with %p") the
> regular %p has been improved to avoid this issue.
> Furthermore, restricted pointers ("%pK") were never meant to be used
> through printk(). They can still unintentionally leak raw pointers or acquire
> sleeping looks in atomic contexts.
>
> Switch to the regular pointer formatting which is safer and easier to reason
> about.
> There are still a few users of %pK left, but these use it through seq_file, for
> which its usage is safe.
>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Thomas Weißschuh (7):
> wifi: ath10k: Don't use %pK through printk
> wifi: ath11k: Don't use %pK through printk
> wifi: ath12k: Don't use %pK through printk
> wifi: wcn36xx: Don't use %pK through printk
> wifi: mwifiex: Don't use %pK through printk
> ice: Don't use %pK through printk or tracepoints
> net/mlx5: Don't use %pK through tracepoints
>
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c | 2 +-
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_trace.h | 10 +++++-----
> .../mlx5/core/sf/dev/diag/dev_tracepoint.h | 2 +-
> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/ahb.c | 2 +-
> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/bmi.c | 6 +++---
> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/ce.c | 4 ++--
> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.c | 4 ++--
> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/htc.c | 6 +++---
> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/htt_rx.c | 2 +-
> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c | 22 +++++++++++-----------
> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/pci.c | 2 +-
> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/testmode.c | 4 ++--
> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/txrx.c | 2 +-
> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/usb.c | 4 ++--
> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/wmi.c | 4 ++--
> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/testmode.c | 2 +-
> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/testmode.c | 4 ++--
> drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/testmode.c | 2 +-
> drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/pcie.c | 2 +-
> 19 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 43 deletions(-)
> ---
> base-commit: 8ffd015db85fea3e15a77027fda6c02ced4d2444
> change-id: 20250404-restricted-pointers-net-a8cddd03e5d1
>
> Best regards,
> --
> Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Aleksandr Loktionov <aleksandr.loktionov@xxxxxxxxx>