With the previous patches, hopefully all functions with printf like arguments use gcc's format checking.
This was tested with default build configuration on linux and windows hosts (including some cross compilations), so chances are good that there remain few (if any) functions without format checking. Cc: Blue Swirl <blauwir...@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Stefan Weil <w...@mail.berlios.de> --- HACKING | 3 --- configure | 1 + 2 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING index 6ba9d7e..3af53fd 100644 --- a/HACKING +++ b/HACKING @@ -120,6 +120,3 @@ gcc's printf attribute directive in the prototype. This makes it so gcc's -Wformat and -Wformat-security options can do their jobs and cross-check format strings with the number and types of arguments. - -Currently many functions in QEMU are not following this rule but -patches to add the attribute would be very much appreciated. diff --git a/configure b/configure index 7025d2b..d4c983a 100755 --- a/configure +++ b/configure @@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ windres="${cross_prefix}${windres}" QEMU_CFLAGS="-fno-strict-aliasing $QEMU_CFLAGS" CFLAGS="-g $CFLAGS" QEMU_CFLAGS="-Wall -Wundef -Wendif-labels -Wwrite-strings -Wmissing-prototypes $QEMU_CFLAGS" +QEMU_CFLAGS="-Wmissing-format-attribute $QEMU_CFLAGS" QEMU_CFLAGS="-Wstrict-prototypes -Wredundant-decls $QEMU_CFLAGS" QEMU_CFLAGS="-D_GNU_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE $QEMU_CFLAGS" QEMU_CFLAGS="-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 $QEMU_CFLAGS" -- 1.7.2.3