Re: [PATCH] MIPS: kernel: proc: Remove spurious white space in cpuinfo

[Joe Perches]

On Fri, 2017-10-20 at 21:52 +0100, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:
> On Fri, 20 Oct 2017, Joe Perches wrote:
> 
> > > diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/proc.c b/arch/mips/kernel/proc.c
> > > index bd9bf52..99f9aab 100644
> > > --- a/arch/mips/kernel/proc.c
> > > +++ b/arch/mips/kernel/proc.c
> > > @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ static int show_cpuinfo(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
> > >  
> > >  	seq_printf(m, "processor\t\t: %ld\n", n);
> > >  	sprintf(fmt, "cpu model\t\t: %%s V%%d.%%d%s\n",
> > > -		      cpu_data[n].options & MIPS_CPU_FPU ? "  FPU V%d.%d" : "");
> > > +		      cpu_data[n].options & MIPS_CPU_FPU ? " FPU V%d.%d" : "");
> > >  	seq_printf(m, fmt, __cpu_name[n],
> > >  		      (version >> 4) & 0x0f, version & 0x0f,
> > >  		      (fp_vers >> 4) & 0x0f, fp_vers & 0x0f);
> > 
> > That's somewhat unpleasant code as it formats a fmt string
> > and the compiler can not verify fmt and args.
> > 
> > Perhaps something like the below is preferable:
> 
>  Hmm, what problem exactly are you trying to solve with code that has 
> worked just fine for 16 years now?

The compiler cannot verify fmt and args.