[PATCH net-next v3 0/2] net: Don't use %pK through printk

From: Thomas Weißschuh
Date: Wed Jun 18 2025 - 03:08:47 EST


In the past %pK was preferable to %p as it would not leak raw pointer
values into the kernel log.
Since commit ad67b74d2469 ("printk: hash addresses printed with %p")
the regular %p has been improved to avoid this issue.
Furthermore, restricted pointers ("%pK") were never meant to be used
through printk(). They can still unintentionally leak raw pointers or
acquire sleeping locks in atomic contexts.

Switch to the regular pointer formatting which is safer and
easier to reason about.
There are still a few users of %pK left, but these use it through seq_file,
for which its usage is safe.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Changes in v3:
- Fix typo in commit messages
- Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250417-restricted-pointers-net-v2-0-94cf7ef8e6ae@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Changes in v2:
- Drop wifi/ath patches, they are submitted on their own now
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250414-restricted-pointers-net-v1-0-12af0ce46cdd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

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Thomas Weißschuh (2):
ice: Don't use %pK through printk or tracepoints
net/mlx5: Don't use %pK through printk or tracepoints

drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c | 2 +-
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_trace.h | 10 +++++-----
.../ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/sf/dev/diag/dev_tracepoint.h | 2 +-
3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
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base-commit: 52da431bf03b5506203bca27fe14a97895c80faf
change-id: 20250404-restricted-pointers-net-a8cddd03e5d1

Best regards,
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Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>