netdev - Re: [PATCH] iwl4965: Enable checking of format strings

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Date:	Tue, 28 Apr 2015 19:49:31 +0200
From:	Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@...hat.com>
To:	Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
Cc:	Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>,
	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] iwl4965: Enable checking of format strings

On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 07:19:02PM +0300, Kalle Valo wrote:
> Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk> writes:
> 
> > Since these fmt_* variables are just const char*, and not const
> > char[], gcc (and smatch) doesn't to type checking of the arguments to
> > the printf functions. Since the linker knows perfectly well to merge
> > identical string constants, there's no point in having three static
> > pointers waste memory and give an extra level of indirection.
> >
> > This removes over 100 "non-constant format argument" warnings from
> > smatch, accounting for about 20% of all such warnings in an
> > allmodconfig.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>
> 
> So what's the conclusion, should I commit this patch or not?
> 
> Full discussion here:
> 
> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/5814811/

I do not see the point of the patch. If compiler behave not
optimally, fix the compiler. NACK.

Stanislaw
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