linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 18/22] usb: gadget: serial: %pF is only for function pointers

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Message-ID: <CAOMZO5DJGd+RdJhSY3_p4J+_ypsdWkgGykKfV7LPJkLrXhLf7Q@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 12 Mar 2015 13:43:55 -0300
From:	Fabio Estevam <festevam@...il.com>
To:	Scott Wood <scottwood@...escale.com>
Cc:	trivial@...nel.org, linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	USB list <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>,
	Felipe Balbi <balbi@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 18/22] usb: gadget: serial: %pF is only for function pointers

On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 1:40 PM, Scott Wood <scottwood@...escale.com> wrote:

> No.  __builtin_return_address() returns a pointer to an instruction, not
> a function pointer descriptor.  If you use %pF on the former, it'll
> print instruction opcodes as if they were the address.

Then you should mention this in the commit log.
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