linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mwifiex: print PCI mmap with %pK

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Message-Id: <20190625044652.46FF6607CA@smtp.codeaurora.org>
Date:   Tue, 25 Jun 2019 04:46:52 +0000 (UTC)
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
To:     Brian Norris <briannorris@...omium.org>
Cc:     Ganapathi Bhat <gbhat@...vell.com>,
        Nishant Sarmukadam <nishants@...vell.com>,
        Amitkumar Karwar <amitkarwar@...il.com>,
        Xinming Hu <huxinming820@...il.com>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
        Brian Norris <briannorris@...omium.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mwifiex: print PCI mmap with %pK

Brian Norris <briannorris@...omium.org> wrote:

> Unadorned '%p' has restrictive policies these days, such that it usually
> just prints garbage at early boot (see
> Documentation/core-api/printk-formats.rst, "kernel will print
> ``(ptrval)`` until it gathers enough entropy"). Annotating with %pK
> (for "kernel pointer") allows the kptr_restrict sysctl to control
> printing policy better.
> 
> We might just as well drop this message entirely, but this fix was easy
> enough for now.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <briannorris@...omium.org>

Patch applied to wireless-drivers-next.git, thanks.

2fc0aa454473 mwifiex: print PCI mmap with %pK

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https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10975827/

https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches