Re: [PATCH v2 4/4] slub: Force on no_hash_pointers when slub_debug is enabled

From: kernel test robot
Date: Wed May 26 2021 - 01:41:34 EST


Hi Stephen,

I love your patch! Perhaps something to improve:

[auto build test WARNING on d07f6ca923ea0927a1024dfccafc5b53b61cfecc]

url: https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commits/Stephen-Boyd/slub-Print-non-hashed-pointers-in-slub-debugging/20210526-105816
base: d07f6ca923ea0927a1024dfccafc5b53b61cfecc
config: i386-tinyconfig (attached as .config)
compiler: gcc-9 (Debian 9.3.0-22) 9.3.0
reproduce (this is a W=1 build):
# https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commit/1e3e0117436276faacd0217d89715df61021b4d2
git remote add linux-review https://github.com/0day-ci/linux
git fetch --no-tags linux-review Stephen-Boyd/slub-Print-non-hashed-pointers-in-slub-debugging/20210526-105816
git checkout 1e3e0117436276faacd0217d89715df61021b4d2
# save the attached .config to linux build tree
make W=1 ARCH=i386

If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag as appropriate
Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>

All warnings (new ones prefixed by >>):

lib/vsprintf.c: In function 'va_format':
lib/vsprintf.c:1663:2: warning: function 'va_format' might be a candidate for 'gnu_printf' format attribute [-Wsuggest-attribute=format]
1663 | buf += vsnprintf(buf, end > buf ? end - buf : 0, va_fmt->fmt, va);
| ^~~
lib/vsprintf.c: At top level:
>> lib/vsprintf.c:2189:12: warning: no previous prototype for 'no_hash_pointers_enable' [-Wmissing-prototypes]
2189 | int __init no_hash_pointers_enable(char *str)
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


vim +/no_hash_pointers_enable +2189 lib/vsprintf.c

2188
> 2189 int __init no_hash_pointers_enable(char *str)
2190 {
2191 if (no_hash_pointers)
2192 return 0;
2193
2194 no_hash_pointers = true;
2195
2196 pr_warn("**********************************************************\n");
2197 pr_warn("** NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE **\n");
2198 pr_warn("** **\n");
2199 pr_warn("** This system shows unhashed kernel memory addresses **\n");
2200 pr_warn("** via the console, logs, and other interfaces. This **\n");
2201 pr_warn("** might reduce the security of your system. **\n");
2202 pr_warn("** **\n");
2203 pr_warn("** If you see this message and you are not debugging **\n");
2204 pr_warn("** the kernel, report this immediately to your system **\n");
2205 pr_warn("** administrator! **\n");
2206 pr_warn("** **\n");
2207 pr_warn("** NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE **\n");
2208 pr_warn("**********************************************************\n");
2209
2210 return 0;
2211 }
2212 early_param("no_hash_pointers", no_hash_pointers_enable);
2213

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