Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 5 Apr 2018 16:46:02 +0200 | From | Petr Mladek <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v4 2/9] vsprintf: Consistent %pK handling for kptr_restrict == 0 |
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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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