linux-kernel - [PATCH] x86: init: Remove raw kernel pointer from printk

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Date:   Fri, 28 Sep 2018 15:37:40 -0400
From:   Jeff loughlin <loughlinjd@...il.com>
To:     tglx@...utronix.de
Cc:     mingo@...hat.com, bp@...en8.de, hpa@...or.com, x86@...nel.org,
        pombredanne@...b.com, brijesh.singh@....com,
        thomas.lendacky@....com, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jeff Loughlin <loughlinjd@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH] x86: init: Remove raw kernel pointer from printk

From: Jeff Loughlin <loughlinjd@...il.com>

    printk message in set_real_mode_mem() contains a raw kernel pointer, which printk rightly changes to (ptrval).
    This is useless in the dmesg log and should be removed.

    Signed-off-by: Jeff Loughlin <loughlinjd@...il.com>
---
 arch/x86/realmode/init.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/realmode/init.c b/arch/x86/realmode/init.c
index d101058..d76a138 100644
--- a/arch/x86/realmode/init.c
+++ b/arch/x86/realmode/init.c
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ void __init set_real_mode_mem(phys_addr_t mem, size_t size)
 	void *base = __va(mem);
 
 	real_mode_header = (struct real_mode_header *) base;
-	printk(KERN_DEBUG "Base memory trampoline at [%p] %llx size %zu\n",
-	       base, (unsigned long long)mem, size);
+	printk(KERN_DEBUG "Base memory trampoline at %llx size %zu\n",
+	       (unsigned long long)mem, size);
 }
 
 void __init reserve_real_mode(void)
-- 
2.1.4