Re: [PATCH v4] wifi: ath9k: fix printk specifier

[Kalle Valo]

Dongliang Mu <dzm91@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Smatch reports:
> 
> ath_pci_probe() warn: argument 4 to %lx specifier is cast from pointer
> ath_ahb_probe() warn: argument 4 to %lx specifier is cast from pointer
> 
> Fix it by modifying %lx to %p in the printk format string.
> 
> Note that with this change, the pointer address will be printed as a
> hashed value by default. This is appropriate because the kernel
> should not leak kernel pointers to user space in an informational
> message. If someone wants to see the real address for debugging
> purposes, this can be achieved with the no_hash_pointers kernel option.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dongliang Mu <dzm91@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <quic_kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Patch applied to ath-next branch of ath.git, thanks.

061115fbfb2c wifi: ath9k: fix printk specifier

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