Re: [PATCH v5 1/8] selftests: Add printf attribute to kselftest prints

[Shuah <shuah@kernel.org>]

On 10/11/23 02:23, Maciej Wieczor-Retman wrote:
> Kselftest header defines multiple variadic functions that use printf
> along with other logic.
> 
> There is no format checking for the variadic functions that use
> printing inside kselftest.h. Because of this the compiler won't
> be able to catch instances of mismatched printf formats and debugging
> tests might be more difficult.
> 
> Add the common __printf attribute macro to kselftest.h.
> 
> Add __printf attribute to every function using formatted printing with
> variadic arguments.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Maciej Wieczor-Retman <maciej.wieczor-retman@intel.com>
> Reviewed-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com>
> Reviewed-by: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@intel.com>
> ---
> Changelog v4:
> - Fix typo in patch subject. (Reinette)
> - Add Reinette's reviewed-by tag.
> 

I still need information on how you found these problems. Please
add it to change log for each of these patches.

I am seeing checkpatch warning:

WARNING: Prefer __printf(a, b) over __attribute__((format(printf, a, b)))
#102: FILE: tools/testing/selftests/kselftest.h:81:
+#define __printf(a, b)   __attribute__((format(printf, a, b)))

thanks,
-- Shuah