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Re: [RFC/PATCH] lib/vsprintf: Add support to store cpumask

From Rasmus Villemoes <linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [RFC/PATCH] lib/vsprintf: Add support to store cpumask
Date 2016-06-29 00:00 +0200
Message-ID <rP9d0-40a-13@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink)
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On Tue, Jun 28 2016, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> wrote:

> But people don't usually run "make smatch" on debug kernels.
> trace_printk() currently is not allowed to be used in the kernel. When
> it is used, a big ugly banner is posted on boot up saying that the
> kernel is in "debug mode" and is "unstable" (even though it isn't) just
> to scare people enough to never compile with a trace_printk() in their
> code. If they need a permanent trace_printk() then they need to use
> tracepoints.

But don't tracepoints also pass through vbin_printf? IOW, are there no
print-like function calls in the kernel where a static checker warning
for %pX would be worthwhile?

Rasmus

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[RFC/PATCH] lib/vsprintf: Add support to store cpumask Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> - 2016-06-28 17:40 +0200
  Re: [RFC/PATCH] lib/vsprintf: Add support to store cpumask Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> - 2016-06-28 18:30 +0200
    Re: [RFC/PATCH] lib/vsprintf: Add support to store cpumask Rasmus Villemoes <linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk> - 2016-06-28 21:30 +0200
      Re: [RFC/PATCH] lib/vsprintf: Add support to store cpumask Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> - 2016-06-28 22:00 +0200
        Re: [RFC/PATCH] lib/vsprintf: Add support to store cpumask Rasmus Villemoes <linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk> - 2016-06-29 00:00 +0200
          Re: [RFC/PATCH] lib/vsprintf: Add support to store cpumask Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> - 2016-06-29 00:10 +0200
      Re: [RFC/PATCH] lib/vsprintf: Add support to store cpumask Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> - 2016-06-29 00:10 +0200
        Re: [RFC/PATCH] lib/vsprintf: Add support to store cpumask Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> - 2016-06-29 08:50 +0200
          Re: [RFC/PATCH] lib/vsprintf: Add support to store cpumask Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> - 2016-06-29 17:50 +0200
  Re: [RFC/PATCH] lib/vsprintf: Add support to store cpumask Rasmus Villemoes <linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk> - 2016-06-28 23:30 +0200
    Re: [RFC/PATCH] lib/vsprintf: Add support to store cpumask Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> - 2016-06-29 09:20 +0200

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