From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2016 09:29:59 +0200 A return value was not checked from a call of the function "printf". This issue was detected also by using the Coccinelle software. Add a bit of exception handling there. Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- scripts/basic/fixdep.c | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/scripts/basic/fixdep.c b/scripts/basic/fixdep.c index f5ff6eea..911347a 100644 --- a/scripts/basic/fixdep.c +++ b/scripts/basic/fixdep.c @@ -132,7 +132,12 @@ static void usage(void) */ static void print_cmdline(void) { - printf("cmd_%s := %s\n\n", target, cmdline); + if (printf("cmd_%s := %s\n\n", target, cmdline) < 10) { + int code = errno; + + perror("fixdep: print_cmdline"); + exit(code); + } } /* -- 2.10.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kbuild" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html