Since the task->comm is guaranteed to be NUL-ternimated, we can print it directly. Add a new vsnprintf format specifier "%pTN" to print task comm, where 'p' represents the task Pointer, 'T' stands for Task, and 'N' denots Name. With this abstraction, the user no longer needs to care about retrieving task name. checkpatch.pl is updated accordingly. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/CAHk-=wgqrwFXK-CO8-V4fwUh5ymnUZ=wJnFyufV1dM9rC1t3Lg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Yafang Shao <laoar.shao@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Petr Mladek <pmladek@xxxxxxxx> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Dwaipayan Ray <dwaipayanray1@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@xxxxxxxxx> --- lib/vsprintf.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ scripts/checkpatch.pl | 6 ++++-- 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/lib/vsprintf.c b/lib/vsprintf.c index 6ac02bbb7df1..bb1018d79655 100644 --- a/lib/vsprintf.c +++ b/lib/vsprintf.c @@ -2273,6 +2273,17 @@ char *resource_or_range(const char *fmt, char *buf, char *end, void *ptr, return resource_string(buf, end, ptr, spec, fmt); } +static noinline_for_stack +char *task_name_string(char *buf, char *end, struct task_struct *p, + struct printf_spec spec) +{ + if (check_pointer(&buf, end, p, spec)) + return buf; + + buf = string(buf, end, p->comm, spec); + return buf; +} + int __init no_hash_pointers_enable(char *str) { if (no_hash_pointers) @@ -2525,6 +2536,13 @@ char *pointer(const char *fmt, char *buf, char *end, void *ptr, default: return error_string(buf, end, "(einval)", spec); } + case 'T': + switch (fmt[1]) { + case 'N': + return task_name_string(buf, end, ptr, spec); + default: + return error_string(buf, end, "(einval)", spec); + } default: return default_pointer(buf, end, ptr, spec); } diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 9eed3683ad76..fe0d80f55ce8 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -6908,11 +6908,13 @@ sub process { $specifier = $1; $extension = $2; $qualifier = $3; - if ($extension !~ /[4SsBKRraEehMmIiUDdgVCbGNOxtf]/ || + if ($extension !~ /[4SsBKRraEehMmIiUDdgVCbGNOxtfT]/ || ($extension eq "f" && defined $qualifier && $qualifier !~ /^w/) || ($extension eq "4" && - defined $qualifier && $qualifier !~ /^cc/)) { + defined $qualifier && $qualifier !~ /^cc/) || + ($extension eq "T" && + defined $qualifier && $qualifier ne "N")) { $bad_specifier = $specifier; last; } -- 2.43.5