linux-kernel - [PATCH] scripts: recordmcount: fix incorrect use of sprintf

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Date:	Wed, 30 Dec 2015 23:06:41 +0000
From:	Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
To:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Li Bin <huawei.libin@...wei.com>,
	Russell King <rmk+kernel@....linux.org.uk>,
	Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] scripts: recordmcount: fix incorrect use of sprintf

From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>

Fix build warning:

scripts/recordmcount.c:589:4: warning: format not a string
literal and no format arguments [-Wformat-security]
    sprintf("%s: failed\n", file);

Fixes: a50bd43935586 ("ftrace/scripts: Have recordmcount copy the object file")
Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
---
 scripts/recordmcount.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/recordmcount.c b/scripts/recordmcount.c
index 301d70b..e1675927 100644
--- a/scripts/recordmcount.c
+++ b/scripts/recordmcount.c
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 			do_file(file);
 			break;
 		case SJ_FAIL:    /* error in do_file or below */
-			sprintf("%s: failed\n", file);
+			fprintf(stderr, "%s: failed\n", file);
 			++n_error;
 			break;
 		case SJ_SUCCEED:    /* premature success */
-- 
2.6.4

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