Re: [PATCH] sysfs print name of undiscoverable attribute group as well

From: Johannes Thumshirn
Date: Mon Sep 19 2016 - 04:07:31 EST


On Sun, Sep 18, 2016 at 09:36:02AM +0200, Greg KH wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 09:44:06PM +0200, Johannes Thumshirn wrote:
> > Print the name of an undiscoverable attribute group as well, not just
> > the pointer's address.
>
> Shouldn't we just drop the pointer address and use the name? It's bad
> form to be printing kernel addresses to the syslog these days given that
> it is a security information leak :(

Yes probably and it isn't that much of a help when debugging
either. I'll resend a v2.

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