linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv3 7/7] checkpatch: add pF/pf deprecation warning

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Message-ID: <20171004120847.GI20084@pathway.suse.cz>
Date:   Wed, 4 Oct 2017 14:08:47 +0200
From:   Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
To:     Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>
Cc:     Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
        Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        James Bottomley <jejb@...isc-linux.org>,
        Helge Deller <deller@....de>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Jessica Yu <jeyu@...nel.org>,
        Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org, linux-parisc@...r.kernel.org,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
        Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv3 7/7] checkpatch: add pF/pf deprecation warning

On Sat 2017-09-30 11:53:19, Sergey Senozhatsky wrote:
> We deprecated '%pF/%pf' printk specifiers, since '%pS/%ps' is now smart
> enough to handle function pointer dereference on platforms where such
> dereference is required.
> 
> checkpatch warning example:
> 
> WARNING: Deprecated vsprintf pointer extension '%pF' - use %pS instead
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
> Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>
> Tested-by: Helge Deller <deller@....de> # parisc64
> Tested-by: Santosh Sivaraj <santosh@...six.org> # powerpc64
> Acked-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au> # powerpc64
> Tested-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com> # ia64

Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>

Best Regards,
Petr