Re: [PATCH] ath10k: hide kernel addresses from logs using %pK format specifier

From	Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH] ath10k: hide kernel addresses from logs using %pK format specifier
Date	2016-08-05 20:00 +0200
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On Thu, 2016-08-04 at 19:21 +0530, c_mkenna@qti.qualcomm.com wrote:
> From: Maharaja Kennadyrajan <c_mkenna@qti.qualcomm.com>
> 
> With the %pK format specifier we hide the kernel addresses
> with the help of kptr_restrict sysctl.
> In this patch, %p is changed to %pK in the driver code.
> 
> The sysctl is documented in Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt.

Maybe %p should follow %pK and only show kernel .text addresses
by default and any other address as 0 unless the sysctl is set.

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