On Tue, 2020-12-22 at 09:52 +0100, Greg KH wrote: > On Mon, Dec 21, 2020 at 08:25:47AM -0800, trix@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > From: Tom Rix <trix@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > > Attributing the function allows the compiler to more thoroughly > > check the use of the function with -Wformat and similar flags. > > > > Signed-off-by: Tom Rix <trix@xxxxxxxxxx> > > --- > > drivers/usb/musb/musb_debug.h | 1 + > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) > > > > diff --git a/drivers/usb/musb/musb_debug.h b/drivers/usb/musb/musb_debug.h > > index e5b3506c7b3f..dfc0d02695fa 100644 > > --- a/drivers/usb/musb/musb_debug.h > > +++ b/drivers/usb/musb/musb_debug.h > > @@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ > > #define INFO(fmt, args...) yprintk(KERN_INFO, fmt, ## args) > > #define ERR(fmt, args...) yprintk(KERN_ERR, fmt, ## args) > > > > > > +__printf(2, 3) > > void musb_dbg(struct musb *musb, const char *fmt, ...); > > While I understand the need for this, did this find any problems? > If not, then it's not worth adding, I have to disagree with that Greg. While the driver isn't in active development, a trivial mod to make it less likely a defect is introduced by any additional code is still a useful addition. > the driver-specific debugging macros > should be removed entirely and just use dev_dbg() and friends instead. Read the suggested change I posted in reply. btw: the musb_dbg function is actually a trace function and not a dmesg/logging mechanism. drivers/usb/musb/musb_trace.c:void musb_dbg(struct musb *musb, const char *fmt, ...) drivers/usb/musb/musb_trace.c-{ drivers/usb/musb/musb_trace.c- struct va_format vaf; drivers/usb/musb/musb_trace.c- va_list args; drivers/usb/musb/musb_trace.c- drivers/usb/musb/musb_trace.c- va_start(args, fmt); drivers/usb/musb/musb_trace.c- vaf.fmt = fmt; drivers/usb/musb/musb_trace.c- vaf.va = &args; drivers/usb/musb/musb_trace.c- drivers/usb/musb/musb_trace.c- trace_musb_log(musb, &vaf); drivers/usb/musb/musb_trace.c- drivers/usb/musb/musb_trace.c- va_end(args); drivers/usb/musb/musb_trace.c-} drivers/usb/musb/musb_trace.h:TRACE_EVENT(musb_log, drivers/usb/musb/musb_trace.h- TP_PROTO(struct musb *musb, struct va_format *vaf), drivers/usb/musb/musb_trace.h- TP_ARGS(musb, vaf), drivers/usb/musb/musb_trace.h- TP_STRUCT__entry( drivers/usb/musb/musb_trace.h- __string(name, dev_name(musb->controller)) drivers/usb/musb/musb_trace.h- __dynamic_array(char, msg, MUSB_MSG_MAX) drivers/usb/musb/musb_trace.h- ), drivers/usb/musb/musb_trace.h- TP_fast_assign( drivers/usb/musb/musb_trace.h- __assign_str(name, dev_name(musb->controller)); drivers/usb/musb/musb_trace.h- vsnprintf(__get_str(msg), MUSB_MSG_MAX, vaf->fmt, *vaf->va); drivers/usb/musb/musb_trace.h- ), drivers/usb/musb/musb_trace.h- TP_printk("%s: %s", __get_str(name), __get_str(msg)) drivers/usb/musb/musb_trace.h-); Is that trace mechanism useful though? I think it's somewhat odd.