Sparse is not happy to see non-static variable without declaration: lib/vsprintf.c:61:6: warning: symbol 'no_hash_pointers' was not declared. Should it be static? Declare respective variable in the sprintf.h. With this, add a comment to discourage its use if no real need. Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Marco Elver <elver@xxxxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/sprintf.h | 2 ++ lib/test_printf.c | 2 -- mm/kfence/report.c | 3 +-- 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/sprintf.h b/include/linux/sprintf.h index 9ca23bcf9f42..33dcbec71925 100644 --- a/include/linux/sprintf.h +++ b/include/linux/sprintf.h @@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ __printf(2, 0) const char *kvasprintf_const(gfp_t gfp, const char *fmt, va_list __scanf(2, 3) int sscanf(const char *, const char *, ...); __scanf(2, 0) int vsscanf(const char *, const char *, va_list); +/* These are for specific cases, do not use without real need */ +extern bool no_hash_pointers; int no_hash_pointers_enable(char *str); #endif /* _LINUX_KERNEL_SPRINTF_H */ diff --git a/lib/test_printf.c b/lib/test_printf.c index ce749cfac033..69b6a5e177f2 100644 --- a/lib/test_printf.c +++ b/lib/test_printf.c @@ -42,8 +42,6 @@ KSTM_MODULE_GLOBALS(); static char *test_buffer __initdata; static char *alloced_buffer __initdata; -extern bool no_hash_pointers; - static int __printf(4, 0) __init do_test(int bufsize, const char *expect, int elen, const char *fmt, va_list ap) diff --git a/mm/kfence/report.c b/mm/kfence/report.c index 197430a5be4a..c509aed326ce 100644 --- a/mm/kfence/report.c +++ b/mm/kfence/report.c @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ #include <linux/printk.h> #include <linux/sched/debug.h> #include <linux/seq_file.h> +#include <linux/sprintf.h> #include <linux/stacktrace.h> #include <linux/string.h> #include <trace/events/error_report.h> @@ -26,8 +27,6 @@ #define ARCH_FUNC_PREFIX "" #endif -extern bool no_hash_pointers; - /* Helper function to either print to a seq_file or to console. */ __printf(2, 3) static void seq_con_printf(struct seq_file *seq, const char *fmt, ...) -- 2.40.0.1.gaa8946217a0b
