[PATCH 01/12] x86/mce: use correct format characters

[Bill Wendling]

On Thu, Jun 9, 2022 at 4:15 PM Randy Dunlap <rdunlap at infradead.org> wrote:
> On 6/9/22 15:16, Bill Wendling wrote:
> > From: Bill Wendling <isanbard at gmail.com>
> >
> > When compiling with -Wformat, clang emits the following warnings:
> >
> > arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/core.c:295:9: error: format string is not a string literal (potentially insecure) [-Werror,-Wformat-security]
> >                 panic(msg);
> >                       ^~~
> >
> > Use a string literal for the format string.
> >
> > Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/378
> > Signed-off-by: Bill Wendling <isanbard at gmail.com>
> > ---
> >  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/core.c | 2 +-
> >  scripts/Makefile.extrawarn     | 4 ++--
>
> Where is the scripts/ change?
>
I'm sorry about this. The change in that file was a mistake that I
reverted, but I forgot to change this part.

-bw

> >  2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/core.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/core.c
> > index 2c8ec5c71712..3d411b7c85ad 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/core.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/core.c
> > @@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ static noinstr void mce_panic(const char *msg, struct mce *final, char *exp)
> >       if (!fake_panic) {
> >               if (panic_timeout == 0)
> >                       panic_timeout = mca_cfg.panic_timeout;
> > -             panic(msg);
> > +             panic("%s", msg);
> >       } else
> >               pr_emerg(HW_ERR "Fake kernel panic: %s\n", msg);
> >
>
> --
> ~Randy