linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] selftests: Add printf attribute to ksefltest prints

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Date:   Fri, 25 Aug 2023 08:34:35 +0200
From:   Maciej Wieczór-Retman 
        <maciej.wieczor-retman@...el.com>
To:     Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com>
CC:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@...el.com>,
        <fenghua.yu@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] selftests: Add printf attribute to ksefltest prints

Hi,

On 2023-08-24 at 16:10:12 +0300, Ilpo Järvinen wrote:
>On Thu, 24 Aug 2023, Wieczor-Retman, Maciej wrote:
>
>> Kselftest header defines multiple variadic function that use printf
>> along with other logic
>> 
>> There is no format checking for the variadic functions that use
>> printing inside kselftest.h. Because of this the compiler won't
>> be able to catch instances of mismatched print formats and debugging
>> tests might be more difficult
>> 
>> Add the common __printf attribute macro to kselftest.h
>> 
>> Add __printf attribute to every function using formatted printing with
>> variadic arguments
>
>Please add . to terminate the sentences.

Thanks, I'll fix it in the next version

>The patch looks fine:
>Reviewed-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com>
>
>...However, there are formatting errors it found yet to fix.

I believe you mean cache.c#L297.

I think I saw you're preparing some patches that remove the line that
reports the formatting error so I chose to not correct here.

Please let me know if I still should change it or would that be
redundant.

-- 
Kind regards
Maciej Wieczór-Retman