Re: [PATCH] backing: silence compiler warning using __printf

From: Jens Axboe
Date: Mon Apr 09 2018 - 11:51:51 EST


On 4/6/18 2:14 PM, Mathieu Malaterre wrote:
> __printf marker was added in commit d2cc4dde9206 ("bdi_register: add
> __printf verification, fix arg mismatch") for function `bdi_register`
> since it is useful to verify format and arguments. Apply equivalent gcc
> attribute to `bdi_register_va`.
>
> Remove warning triggered with W=1:
>
> mm/backing-dev.c:881:2: warning: function might be possible candidate for âgnu_printfâ format attribute [-Wsuggest-attribute=format]

Applied, thanks.

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Jens Axboe