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SubjectRe: [PATCH v4 2/9] vsprintf: Consistent %pK handling for kptr_restrict == 0
On Thu 2018-04-05 16:04:45, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Wed, 2018-04-04 at 10:58 +0200, Petr Mladek wrote:
> > restricted_pointer() pretends that it prints the address when
> > kptr_restrict
> > is set to zero. But it is never called in this situation. Instead,
> > pointer() falls back to ptr_to_id() and hashes the pointer.
> >
> > This patch removes the potential confusion. klp_restrict is checked
> > only
> > in restricted_pointer().
> >
>
>
> > /* Maps a pointer to a 32 bit unique identifier. */
> > -static char *ptr_to_id(char *buf, char *end, void *ptr, struct
> > printf_spec spec)
> > +static char *ptr_to_id(char *buf, char *end,
> > + const void *ptr, struct printf_spec spec)
>
> I don't think this change belongs to the patch.

The const should have been there from the beginning. I have found it
because this patch added a call to ptr_to_id() which had the const
and compiler warned about cast problems.

IMHO, it is rather cosmetic change.

Best Regards,
Petr

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