linux-kernel - [PATCH v9 14/27] vsprintf: add new `%pA` format specifier

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Date:   Fri,  5 Aug 2022 17:41:59 +0200
From:   Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, patches@...ts.linux.dev,
        Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@...nel.org>,
        Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>, Gary Guo <gary@...yguo.net>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>,
        Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@...il.com>,
        Wedson Almeida Filho <wedsonaf@...gle.com>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@...omium.org>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v9 14/27] vsprintf: add new `%pA` format specifier

From: Gary Guo <gary@...yguo.net>

This patch adds a format specifier `%pA` to `vsprintf` which formats
a pointer as `core::fmt::Arguments`. Doing so allows us to directly
format to the internal buffer of `printf`, so we do not have to use
a temporary buffer on the stack to pre-assemble the message on
the Rust side.

This specifier is intended only to be used from Rust and not for C, so
`checkpatch.pl` is intentionally unchanged to catch any misuse.

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Acked-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
Co-developed-by: Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@...il.com>
Co-developed-by: Wedson Almeida Filho <wedsonaf@...gle.com>
Signed-off-by: Wedson Almeida Filho <wedsonaf@...gle.com>
Signed-off-by: Gary Guo <gary@...yguo.net>
Co-developed-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>
---
 Documentation/core-api/printk-formats.rst | 10 ++++++++++
 lib/vsprintf.c                            | 13 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/printk-formats.rst b/Documentation/core-api/printk-formats.rst
index 5e89497ba314..dbe1aacc79d0 100644
--- a/Documentation/core-api/printk-formats.rst
+++ b/Documentation/core-api/printk-formats.rst
@@ -625,6 +625,16 @@ Examples::
 	%p4cc	Y10  little-endian (0x20303159)
 	%p4cc	NV12 big-endian (0xb231564e)
 
+Rust
+----
+
+::
+
+	%pA
+
+Only intended to be used from Rust code to format ``core::fmt::Arguments``.
+Do *not* use it from C.
+
 Thanks
 ======
 
diff --git a/lib/vsprintf.c b/lib/vsprintf.c
index 3c1853a9d1c0..c414a8d9f1ea 100644
--- a/lib/vsprintf.c
+++ b/lib/vsprintf.c
@@ -2246,6 +2246,9 @@ int __init no_hash_pointers_enable(char *str)
 }
 early_param("no_hash_pointers", no_hash_pointers_enable);
 
+/* Used for Rust formatting ('%pA'). */
+char *rust_fmt_argument(char *buf, char *end, void *ptr);
+
 /*
  * Show a '%p' thing.  A kernel extension is that the '%p' is followed
  * by an extra set of alphanumeric characters that are extended format
@@ -2372,6 +2375,10 @@ early_param("no_hash_pointers", no_hash_pointers_enable);
  *
  * Note: The default behaviour (unadorned %p) is to hash the address,
  * rendering it useful as a unique identifier.
+ *
+ * There is also a '%pA' format specifier, but it is only intended to be used
+ * from Rust code to format core::fmt::Arguments. Do *not* use it from C.
+ * See rust/kernel/print.rs for details.
  */
 static noinline_for_stack
 char *pointer(const char *fmt, char *buf, char *end, void *ptr,
@@ -2444,6 +2451,12 @@ char *pointer(const char *fmt, char *buf, char *end, void *ptr,
 		return device_node_string(buf, end, ptr, spec, fmt + 1);
 	case 'f':
 		return fwnode_string(buf, end, ptr, spec, fmt + 1);
+	case 'A':
+		if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RUST)) {
+			WARN_ONCE(1, "Please remove %%pA from non-Rust code\n");
+			return error_string(buf, end, "(%pA?)", spec);
+		}
+		return rust_fmt_argument(buf, end, ptr);
 	case 'x':
 		return pointer_string(buf, end, ptr, spec);
 	case 'e':
-- 
2.37.1