Re: [PATCH 6/6] selftests/kvm: Replace attribute with macro

From: Ilpo Järvinen
Date: Wed Aug 30 2023 - 14:33:50 EST


On Mon, 28 Aug 2023, Wieczor-Retman, Maciej wrote:

> The __printf() macro is used in many tools in the linux kernel to
> validate the format specifiers in functions that use printf. Some
> selftests use it without putting it in a macro definition and some tests
> import the kselftests.h header.

"Some" and yet this only converts one? Please be more precise in the
wording.

> Use __printf() attribute instead of the full attribute since the macro
> is inside kselftests.h and the header is already imported.

IMO, this would be enough:

Use __printf() from kselftests.h instead of the full attribute.

Was there a reason why you didn't convert mm/pkey-helpers.h one?

--
i.


> Signed-off-by: Wieczor-Retman, Maciej <maciej.wieczor-retman@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/test_util.h | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/test_util.h b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/test_util.h
> index a6e9f215ce70..710a8a78e8ce 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/test_util.h
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/test_util.h
> @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ static inline int _no_printf(const char *format, ...) { return 0; }
> #define pr_info(...) _no_printf(__VA_ARGS__)
> #endif
>
> -void print_skip(const char *fmt, ...) __attribute__((format(printf, 1, 2)));
> +void __printf(1, 2) print_skip(const char *fmt, ...);
> #define __TEST_REQUIRE(f, fmt, ...) \
> do { \
> if (!(f)) \
>