Re: [PATCH v2] xen/xenbus: fix W=1 build warning in xenbus_va_dev_error function
From: jiang.peng9
Date: Thu Jun 19 2025 - 20:42:15 EST
From: Peng Jiang <jiang.peng9@xxxxxxxxxx>
This patch fixes a W=1 format-string warning reported by GCC 12.3.0
by annotating xenbus_switch_fatal() and xenbus_va_dev_error()
with the __printf attribute. The attribute enables compile-time
validation of printf-style format strings in these functions.
The original warning trace:
drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_client.c:304:9: warning: function 'xenbus_va_dev_error' might be
a candidate for 'gnu_printf' format attribute [-Wsuggest-attribute=format]
Signed-off-by: Peng Jiang <jiang.peng9@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_client.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_client.c b/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_client.c
index 51b3124b0d56..e73ec225d4a6 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_client.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_client.c
@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@ int xenbus_watch_pathfmt(struct xenbus_device *dev,
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(xenbus_watch_pathfmt);
+__printf(4, 5)
static void xenbus_switch_fatal(struct xenbus_device *, int, int,
const char *, ...);
@@ -287,6 +288,7 @@ int xenbus_frontend_closed(struct xenbus_device *dev)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(xenbus_frontend_closed);
+__printf(3, 0)
static void xenbus_va_dev_error(struct xenbus_device *dev, int err,
const char *fmt, va_list ap)
{
--
2.25.1