4.14-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Mathieu Malaterre <malat@xxxxxxxxxx> [ Upstream commit a38965bf941b7c2af50de09c96bc5f03e136caef ] __printf is useful to verify format and arguments. Remove the following warning (with W=1): mm/slub.c:721:2: warning: function might be possible candidate for `gnu_printf' format attribute [-Wsuggest-attribute=format] Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180505200706.19986-1-malat@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Mathieu Malaterre <malat@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Pekka Enberg <penberg@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/slub.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/mm/slub.c +++ b/mm/slub.c @@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ void object_err(struct kmem_cache *s, st print_trailer(s, page, object); } -static void slab_err(struct kmem_cache *s, struct page *page, +static __printf(3, 4) void slab_err(struct kmem_cache *s, struct page *page, const char *fmt, ...) { va_list args;