linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.2 41/70] ftrace/scripts: Fix incorrect use of sprintf in recordmcount

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Message-ID: <lsq.1453087115.140034941@decadent.org.uk>
Date:	Mon, 18 Jan 2016 03:18:35 +0000
From:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
CC:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	"Colin Ian King" <colin.king@...onical.com>,
	"Will Deacon" <will.deacon@....com>,
	"Russell King" <rmk+kernel@....linux.org.uk>,
	"Steven Rostedt" <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	"Li Bin" <huawei.libin@...wei.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3.2 41/70] ftrace/scripts: Fix incorrect use of sprintf in
 recordmcount

3.2.76-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>

commit 713a3e4de707fab49d5aa4bceb77db1058572a7b upstream.

Fix build warning:

scripts/recordmcount.c:589:4: warning: format not a string
literal and no format arguments [-Wformat-security]
    sprintf("%s: failed\n", file);

Fixes: a50bd43935586 ("ftrace/scripts: Have recordmcount copy the object file")
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1451516801-16951-1-git-send-email-colin.king@canonical.com

Cc: Li Bin <huawei.libin@...wei.com>
Cc: Russell King <rmk+kernel@....linux.org.uk>
Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
---
 scripts/recordmcount.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/scripts/recordmcount.c
+++ b/scripts/recordmcount.c
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 			do_file(file);
 			break;
 		case SJ_FAIL:    /* error in do_file or below */
-			sprintf("%s: failed\n", file);
+			fprintf(stderr, "%s: failed\n", file);
 			++n_error;
 			break;
 		case SJ_SUCCEED:    /* premature success */