On Tue, 2017-02-28 at 16:06 -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Mon, 27 Feb 2017 12:54:55 -0800 Joe Perches <[email protected]> wrote: > > > %pK was at least once misused at %pk in an out-of-tree module. > > This lead to some security concerns. Add the ability to track > > single and multiple line statements for misuses of %p<foo>. > > Should we also do this? > > --- > a/lib/vsprintf.c~checkpatch-add-ability-to-find-bad-uses-of-vsprintf-%pfoo-extensions-fix > +++ a/lib/vsprintf.c > @@ -1477,6 +1477,9 @@ int kptr_restrict __read_mostly; > * by an extra set of alphanumeric characters that are extended format > * specifiers. > * > + * Please update scripts/checkpatch.pl when adding new conversion characters. > + * (search for "check for vsprintf extension"). > + *
Seems sensible, thanks.
