Re: [PATCH -next] lib/vsprintf: Make function pointer_string static

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Fri Apr 26 2019 - 13:02:10 EST


On Sat, 27 Apr 2019 00:46:30 +0800
Yue Haibing <yuehaibing@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: YueHaibing <yuehaibing@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Fix sparse warning:
>
> lib/vsprintf.c:673:6: warning:
> symbol 'pointer_string' was not declared. Should it be static?
>
> Signed-off-by: YueHaibing <yuehaibing@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> lib/vsprintf.c | 5 +++--
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/lib/vsprintf.c b/lib/vsprintf.c
> index 1f367f3..7b0a614 100644
> --- a/lib/vsprintf.c
> +++ b/lib/vsprintf.c
> @@ -670,8 +670,9 @@ char *string(char *buf, char *end, const char *s,
> return string_nocheck(buf, end, s, spec);
> }
>
> -char *pointer_string(char *buf, char *end, const void *ptr,
> - struct printf_spec spec)
> +static char *pointer_string(char *buf, char *end,

Looks like commit "vsprintf: Do not check address of well-known
strings" removed the: "static noinline_for_stack"

Does pointer_string() need that still?

Petr?

-- Steve


> + const void *ptr,
> + struct printf_spec spec)
> {
> spec.base = 16;
> spec.flags |= SMALL;