From de48fa1a01e7752135c960a20d6c3b26544a8120 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Miguel Ojeda Date: Sun, 22 May 2022 03:11:08 +0200 Subject: scripts: checkpatch: diagnose uses of `%pA` in the C side as errors The `%pA` format specifier is only intended to be used from Rust. `checkpatch.pl` already gives a warning for invalid specificers: WARNING: Invalid vsprintf pointer extension '%pA' This makes it an error and introduces an explanatory message: ERROR: Invalid vsprintf pointer extension '%pA' - '%pA' is only intended to be used from Rust code Suggested-by: Kees Cook Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman Co-developed-by: Alex Gaynor Signed-off-by: Alex Gaynor Co-developed-by: Wedson Almeida Filho Signed-off-by: Wedson Almeida Filho Co-developed-by: Joe Perches Signed-off-by: Joe Perches Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'scripts/checkpatch.pl') diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 79e759aac543..74a769310adf 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -6783,15 +6783,19 @@ sub process { } if ($bad_specifier ne "") { my $stat_real = get_stat_real($linenr, $lc); + my $msg_level = \&WARN; my $ext_type = "Invalid"; my $use = ""; if ($bad_specifier =~ /p[Ff]/) { $use = " - use %pS instead"; $use =~ s/pS/ps/ if ($bad_specifier =~ /pf/); + } elsif ($bad_specifier =~ /pA/) { + $use = " - '%pA' is only intended to be used from Rust code"; + $msg_level = \&ERROR; } - WARN("VSPRINTF_POINTER_EXTENSION", - "$ext_type vsprintf pointer extension '$bad_specifier'$use\n" . "$here\n$stat_real\n"); + &{$msg_level}("VSPRINTF_POINTER_EXTENSION", + "$ext_type vsprintf pointer extension '$bad_specifier'$use\n" . "$here\n$stat_real\n"); } } } -- cgit