This function takes a pointer to a pointer, unlike sprintf() which is passed a plain pointer. Fix up the documentation to make this clear. Fixes: 7888fe53b706 ("ethtool: Add common function for filling out strings") Cc: Alexander Duyck <alexanderduyck@xxxxxx> Cc: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@xxxxxxx> --- include/linux/ethtool.h | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/ethtool.h b/include/linux/ethtool.h index 62b61527bcc4..1b523fd48586 100644 --- a/include/linux/ethtool.h +++ b/include/linux/ethtool.h @@ -1045,10 +1045,10 @@ static inline int ethtool_mm_frag_size_min_to_add(u32 val_min, u32 *val_add, /** * ethtool_sprintf - Write formatted string to ethtool string data - * @data: Pointer to start of string to update + * @data: Pointer to a pointer to the start of string to update * @fmt: Format of string to write * - * Write formatted string to data. Update data to point at start of + * Write formatted string to *data. Update *data to point at start of * next string. */ extern __printf(2, 3) void ethtool_sprintf(u8 **data, const char *fmt, ...); -- 2.42.0