linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fix calls to request

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Message-ID: <adahc5a2t2q.fsf@cisco.com>
Date:	Thu, 11 Dec 2008 15:25:01 -0800
From:	Roland Dreier <rdreier@...co.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>,
	Nguyen Anh Quynh <aquynh@...il.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Kuniyasu Suzaki <k.suzaki@...t.go.jp>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fix calls to request_module()

 > I wonder if we could add a printk_stfu() which isn't declared
 > attribute(printf) and which simply calls printk.  We might still get a
 > single warning at the interface point.

That would fix the class of warnings like

	printk(char_pointer_gcc_doesnt_know_is_safe);

but therre are alsofunctions like device_create() etc etc where someone
could easily and legitimately do the same thing.

 - R.
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