linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 8/8] isdn: clean up debug format string usage

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Date:	Fri, 7 Jun 2013 11:32:14 -0700
From:	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.hengli.com.au>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	Anton Vorontsov <cbou@...l.ru>,
	Karsten Keil <isdn@...ux-pingi.de>,
	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 8/8] isdn: clean up debug format string usage

On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 1:52 PM, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> wrote:
> Avoid unneeded local string buffers for constructing debug output. Also
> cleans up debug calls that contain a single parameter so that they cannot
> be accidentally parsed as format strings.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
> Cc: Karsten Keil <isdn@...ux-pingi.de>
> [...]
> diff --git a/drivers/isdn/mISDN/dsp_pipeline.c b/drivers/isdn/mISDN/dsp_pipeline.c
> index 8b1a66c..88305c9 100644
> --- a/drivers/isdn/mISDN/dsp_pipeline.c
> +++ b/drivers/isdn/mISDN/dsp_pipeline.c
> @@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ int mISDN_dsp_element_register(struct mISDN_dsp_element *elem)
>         entry->dev.class = elements_class;
>         entry->dev.release = mISDN_dsp_dev_release;
>         dev_set_drvdata(&entry->dev, elem);
> -       dev_set_name(&entry->dev, "%s", elem->name);
> +       dev_set_name(&entry->dev, elem->name);
>         ret = device_register(&entry->dev);
>         if (ret) {
>                 printk(KERN_ERR "%s: failed to register %s\n",

This hunk should be dropped -- it got mixed up when splitting the
dev_set_name() patch out.

-Kees

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Kees Cook
Chrome OS Security
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