Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932771AbbELOEM (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 May 2015 10:04:12 -0400 Received: from mail-lb0-f170.google.com ([209.85.217.170]:36225 "EHLO mail-lb0-f170.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932536AbbELOEH (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 May 2015 10:04:07 -0400 From: Rasmus Villemoes To: Kashyap Desai Cc: Sumit Saxena , Uday Lingala , "James E.J. Bottomley" , "PDL\,MEGARAIDLINUX" , linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Joe Perches Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi: megaraid_sas: Prevent future %p disaster Organization: D03 References: <1423233221-27069-1-git-send-email-linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk> X-Hashcash: 1:20:150512:sumit.saxena@avagotech.com::Ihd5LFlcU2Y+mjGI:0000000000000000000000000000000000003IF X-Hashcash: 1:20:150512:jbottomley@parallels.com::CdJlDuJFfgsX2PfH:00000000000000000000000000000000000001dB1 X-Hashcash: 1:20:150512:uday.lingala@avagotech.com::VmjqKknLumdTfBPR:000000000000000000000000000000000003RHu X-Hashcash: 1:20:150512:kashyap.desai@avagotech.com::IKN22M4GWttfpgPk:00000000000000000000000000000000002/kg X-Hashcash: 1:20:150512:linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org::nYcALJdeEWKPp073:000000000000000000000000000000000003q7h X-Hashcash: 1:20:150512:megaraidlinux.pdl@avagotech.com::xb2QSbDJVaG8Ayz/:0000000000000000000000000000006kt9 X-Hashcash: 1:20:150512:linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org::hSsCF3cgljTMy9Gg:0000000000000000000000000000000009eLM Date: Tue, 12 May 2015 16:04:04 +0200 In-Reply-To: (Kashyap Desai's message of "Tue, 10 Feb 2015 22:16:05 +0530") Message-ID: <87iobx7uzv.fsf@rasmusvillemoes.dk> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1422 Lines: 34 On Tue, Feb 10 2015, Kashyap Desai wrote: > Acked-by: Kashyap Desai > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Rasmus Villemoes [mailto:linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk] >> Sent: Friday, February 06, 2015 8:04 PM >> To: Kashyap Desai; Sumit Saxena; Uday Lingala; James E.J. Bottomley >> Cc: Rasmus Villemoes; megaraidlinux.pdl@avagotech.com; linux- >> scsi@vger.kernel.org; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org >> Subject: [PATCH] scsi: megaraid_sas: Prevent future %p disaster >> >> There is currently no %po format extension, so currently the letters > "on" are >> simply skipped and the pointer is printed as expected (while missing the > word >> on). However, it is probably only a matter of time before someone comes > up >> with a %po extension, at which point this is likely to fail > spectacularly. >> >> Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes Any chance either this minimal fix or Joe's more thorough cleanup could get applied? There's still no %po extension, but there's certainly a lot of proposals for more %p extensions flying around LKML, so I still think the "only a matter of time" holds. Rasmus -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/