[PATCH 1/1] module: fix sprintf format specifier in param_get_byte()

[Christoph Jaeger]

In param_get_byte(), to which the macro STANDARD_PARAM_DEF(byte, ...) expands,
"%c" is used to print an unsigned char. So it gets printed as a character what
is not intended here. Use "%hhu" instead.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Jaeger <christophjaeger@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 kernel/params.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/params.c b/kernel/params.c
index 440e65d..59f7ac7 100644
--- a/kernel/params.c
+++ b/kernel/params.c
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ int parse_args(const char *doing,
 	EXPORT_SYMBOL(param_ops_##name)
 
 
-STANDARD_PARAM_DEF(byte, unsigned char, "%c", unsigned long, strict_strtoul);
+STANDARD_PARAM_DEF(byte, unsigned char, "%hhu", unsigned long, strict_strtoul);
 STANDARD_PARAM_DEF(short, short, "%hi", long, strict_strtol);
 STANDARD_PARAM_DEF(ushort, unsigned short, "%hu", unsigned long, strict_strtoul);
 STANDARD_PARAM_DEF(int, int, "%i", long, strict_strtol);
-- 
1.8.3.1

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