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Message-ID: <Zvu5nR50xNc+aAlE@lpieralisi>
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2024 10:58:05 +0200
From: Lorenzo Pieralisi <lpieralisi@...nel.org>
To: Alexander Lobakin <aleksander.lobakin@...el.com>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
	Kevin Brodsky <kevin.brodsky@....com>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>,
	nex.sw.ncis.osdt.itp.upstreaming@...el.com,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] firmware/psci: fix missing '%u' format literal in
 kthread_create_on_cpu()

On Mon, Sep 30, 2024 at 05:44:33PM +0200, Alexander Lobakin wrote:
> kthread_create_on_cpu() always requires format string to contain one
> '%u' at the end, as it automatically adds the CPU ID when passing it
> to kthread_create_on_node(). The former isn't marked as __printf()
> as it's not printf-like itself, which effectively hides this from
> the compiler.
> If you convert this function to printf-like, you'll see the following:
> 
> In file included from drivers/firmware/psci/psci_checker.c:15:
> drivers/firmware/psci/psci_checker.c: In function 'suspend_tests':
> drivers/firmware/psci/psci_checker.c:401:48: warning: too many arguments for format [-Wformat-extra-args]
>      401 |                                                "psci_suspend_test");
>          |                                                ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> drivers/firmware/psci/psci_checker.c:400:32: warning: data argument not used by format string [-Wformat-extra-args]
>      400 |                                                (void *)(long)cpu, cpu,
>          |                                                                   ^
>      401 |                                                "psci_suspend_test");
>          |                                                ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> Add the missing format literal to fix this. Now the corresponding
> kthread will be named as "psci_suspend_test-<cpuid>", as it's meant by
> kthread_create_on_cpu().
> 
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202408141012.KhvKaxoh-lkp@intel.com
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202408141243.eQiEOQQe-lkp@intel.com
> Fixes: ea8b1c4a6019 ("drivers: psci: PSCI checker module")
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org # 4.10+
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Lobakin <aleksander.lobakin@...el.com>
> ---
>  drivers/firmware/psci/psci_checker.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Acked-by: Lorenzo Pieralisi <lpieralisi@...nel.org>

> diff --git a/drivers/firmware/psci/psci_checker.c b/drivers/firmware/psci/psci_checker.c
> index 116eb465cdb4..ecc511c745ce 100644
> --- a/drivers/firmware/psci/psci_checker.c
> +++ b/drivers/firmware/psci/psci_checker.c
> @@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ static int suspend_tests(void)
>  
>  		thread = kthread_create_on_cpu(suspend_test_thread,
>  					       (void *)(long)cpu, cpu,
> -					       "psci_suspend_test");
> +					       "psci_suspend_test-%u");
>  		if (IS_ERR(thread))
>  			pr_err("Failed to create kthread on CPU %d\n", cpu);
>  		else
> -- 
> 2.46.2
>