Re: [PATCH] acpi: Fix format string type mistakes

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On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 2:36 PM, Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 10:51 PM, Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> From: Emese Revfy <re.emese@xxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> This adds the missing __printf attribute which allows compile time
>> format string checking (and will be used by the coming initify gcc
>> plugin). Additionally, this fixes the warnings exposed by the attribute.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Emese Revfy <re.emese@xxxxxxxxx>
>> [kees: split scsi/acpi, merged attr and fix, new commit messages]
>> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> This modifies code that we get from an external projiect (ACPICA) and
> the bugs should be fixed in there in the first place.

Who should get CCed?

> Moreover, I'm not sure if adding __printf in acpiosxf.h is a good idea.

Why not? This is going to be needed by the initify plugin to do
correct detection of what's being passed around to functions...

-Kees

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Kees Cook
Nexus Security
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