linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] vsprintf: sanely handle NULL passed to %pe

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Message-ID: <20200219153800.GZ10400@smile.fi.intel.com>
Date:   Wed, 19 Feb 2020 17:38:00 +0200
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
Cc:     Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>,
        Ilya Dryomov <idryomov@...il.com>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        "Tobin C . Harding" <me@...in.cc>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] vsprintf: sanely handle NULL passed to %pe

On Wed, Feb 19, 2020 at 03:45:58PM +0100, Petr Mladek wrote:
> On Wed 2020-02-19 14:56:32, Rasmus Villemoes wrote:

...

> Sigh, I should have been more strict[*]. The function should have been
> called err_ptr() and located right below null_pointer().

But taking above into consideration it should be rather error_pointer().
No?

> [*] I am still trying to find a right balance between preventing
> nitpicking, bikeshedding, enforcing my style, and creating a mess.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko