linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/8] brcm80211: Add and use brcmX_dbg_dump

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Date:	Sun, 15 Jan 2012 01:21:50 -0800
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Arend van Spriel <arend@...adcom.com>
Cc:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Brett Rudley <brudley@...adcom.com>,
	Henry Ptasinski <henryp@...adcom.com>,
	Roland Vossen <rvossen@...adcom.com>,
	"Franky (Zhenhui) Lin" <frankyl@...adcom.com>,
	Kan Yan <kanyan@...adcom.com>,
	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>,
	"linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/8] brcm80211: Add and use brcmX_dbg_dump_hex

On Sun, 2012-01-15 at 10:17 +0100, Arend van Spriel wrote:
> On 01/15/2012 09:38 AM, Joe Perches wrote:
> 
> > +#ifdef DEBUG
> > +extern __printf(3, 4)
> 
> Just curious if I can learn something here. What does the __printf(3, 4) do?

It's a #define for gcc __attribute__((format (printf, ...)))
It makes gcc validate the printf format and arguments.

http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Function-Attributes.html


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