linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] drivers: lkdtm: fix clang -Wformat warning

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Date:   Sat, 23 Jul 2022 06:42:57 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com>, ndesaulniers@...gle.com
CC:     arnd@...db.de, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, justinstitt@...gle.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, llvm@...ts.linux.dev,
        nathan@...nel.org, trix@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] drivers: lkdtm: fix clang -Wformat warning



On July 21, 2022 2:57:06 PM PDT, Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com> wrote:
>When building with Clang we encounter the following warning
>(ARCH=hexagon + CONFIG_FRAME_WARN=0):
>| ../drivers/misc/lkdtm/bugs.c:107:3: error: format specifies type
>| 'unsigned long' but the argument has type 'int' [-Werror,-Wformat]
>|                 REC_STACK_SIZE, recur_count);
>|                 ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>Cast REC_STACK_SIZE to `unsigned long` to match format specifier `%lu`
>as well as maintain symmetry with `#define REC_STACK_SIZE
>(_AC(CONFIG_FRAME_WARN, UL) / 2)`.
>
>Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/378
>Reported-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>
>Suggested-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>
>Suggested-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
>Signed-off-by: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com>

Thanks!

Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Fixes: 24cccab42c419 ("lkdtm/bugs: Adjust recursion test to avoid elision")


-- 
Kees Cook