mm/backing-dev.c:810:57: warning: format string is not a string literal (potentially insecure) [-Wformat-security] dev = device_create(bdi_class, NULL, MKDEV(0, 0), bdi, bdi->dev_name); ^~~~~~~~~~~~~ Signed-off-by: Nick Desaulniers <nick.desaulniers@xxxxxxxxx> --- Example patch showing off kernel development from a newly created twitch stream! Check it out at: https://twitch.tv/ndesaulniers. mm/backing-dev.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/mm/backing-dev.c b/mm/backing-dev.c index 408d5051d05b..5755578d671d 100644 --- a/mm/backing-dev.c +++ b/mm/backing-dev.c @@ -807,7 +807,7 @@ int bdi_register_va(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, const char *fmt, va_list args) return 0; vsnprintf(bdi->dev_name, sizeof(bdi->dev_name), fmt, args); - dev = device_create(bdi_class, NULL, MKDEV(0, 0), bdi, bdi->dev_name); + dev = device_create(bdi_class, NULL, MKDEV(0, 0), bdi, "%s", bdi->dev_name); if (IS_ERR(dev)) return PTR_ERR(dev); -- 2.25.1