linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] tracing: Verify event formats that have "%*p.."

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Message-ID: <20250327172050.2be5b38a@gandalf.local.home>
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2025 17:20:50 -0400
From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To: Libo Chen <libo.chen@...cle.com>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Linux Trace Kernel
 <linux-trace-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Masami Hiramatsu
 <mhiramat@...nel.org>, Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tracing: Verify event formats that have "%*p.."

On Thu, 27 Mar 2025 14:00:44 -0700
Libo Chen <libo.chen@...cle.com> wrote:

> > Ah yeah. I'll update. Note, this isn't going to go into the kernel until at
> > least 6.16.
> >   
> 
> Okay thanks for the note. I will stick to %lx for now and change it to %*pbl
> once this gets in.

This shouldn't be a blocker for you. Do you get any errors?

Hmm, if this causes bugs (perhaps you have arguments after the %*pbl) then
I can add this as a fix and not an enhancement.

-- Steve