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

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Message-ID: <20081211050206.GB7266@ubuntu>
Date:	Thu, 11 Dec 2008 13:02:06 +0800
From:	Jianjun Kong <jianjun@...ux.org>
To:	Nguyen Anh Quynh <aquynh@...il.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Kuniyasu Suzaki <k.suzaki@...t.go.jp>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fix calls to request_module()


* Nguyen Anh Quynh wrote:

>On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 1:40 PM, Jianjun Kong <jianjun@...ux.org> wrote:
>> * Nguyen Anh Quynh wrote:
>>>>> > The request_module() function should always have the 1st param as a
>>>>> > format argument. So for example, request_module("i2c-powermac") should
>>>>> > be called as request_module("%s", "i2c-powermac"). Otherwise, new gcc
>>>>> > like gcc 4.3.2 on Ubuntu 8.10 would spit out a lot of warnings. This
>>>>> > patch fixes them all in linus-git tree.

<sign>
>> Hi,all
>> I also use Ubuntu 8.10, gcc version 4.3.2 (Ubuntu 4.3.2-1ubuntu11)
>>
>> When I compile the latest kernel, there are more warning. Like this:

<sign>
>> arch/x86/kernel/e820.c: In function 'early_panic':
>> arch/x86/kernel/e820.c:1172: warning: format not a string literal and no format arguments
>> arch/x86/kernel/e820.c:1173: warning: format not a string literal and no format arguments
>> kernel/power/main.c: In function 'test_suspend':
>> kernel/power/main.c:720: warning: format not a string literal and no format arguments
>> fs/dquot.c: In function 'find_quota_format':
>> fs/dquot.c:170: warning: format not a string literal and no format arguments
>> crypto/api.c: In function 'crypto_larval_lookup':
>> crypto/api.c:218: warning: format not a string literal and no format arguments
>> crypto/algapi.c: In function 'crypto_lookup_template':
>> crypto/algapi.c:427: warning: format not a string literal and no format arguments
>> ...
>
>I saw the same thing. My patch only fixed part of them.
>
>So please submit your patch to fix the remainig :-)

But there is no this kind of warns at Fedora 10, gcc version 4.3.2 20081105 (Red Hat 4.3.2-7)

We should make clean whether your patch is correct first. 
There are many more that kind of warns. I just list little of them.


	Jianjun
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