linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5.10 147/243] NFSD: Fix TP_printk() format specifier in nfsd_clid

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Date:   Tue, 20 Jul 2021 23:48:47 +0200
From:   Pavel Machek <pavel@...x.de>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        David Wysochanski <dwysocha@...hat.com>,
        Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@...cle.com>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@...hat.com>,
        Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5.10 147/243] NFSD: Fix TP_printk() format specifier in
 nfsd_clid_class

Hi!

> [ Upstream commit a948b1142cae66785521a389cab2cce74069b547 ]
> 
> Since commit 9a6944fee68e ("tracing: Add a verifier to check string
> pointers for trace events"), which was merged in v5.13-rc1,
> TP_printk() no longer tacitly supports the "%.*s" format specifier.
> 
> These are low value tracepoints, so just remove them.

So I understand we want this for mainline, but AFAICT 5.10 does not
have 9a6944fee68e ("tracing: Add a verifier to check string pointers
for trace events") commit, so this does not fix any bug and removal of
tracepoints can be surprising.

Best regards,
								Pavel
								
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