[PATCH 3.13.y-ckt 091/108] ftrace/scripts: Fix incorrect use of sprintf in recordmcount

Kamal Mostafa kamal at canonical.com
Fri Jan 22 23:29:44 UTC 2016


3.13.11-ckt33 -stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Colin Ian King <colin.king at canonical.com>

commit 713a3e4de707fab49d5aa4bceb77db1058572a7b upstream.

Fix build warning:

scripts/recordmcount.c:589:4: warning: format not a string
literal and no format arguments [-Wformat-security]
    sprintf("%s: failed\n", file);

Fixes: a50bd43935586 ("ftrace/scripts: Have recordmcount copy the object file")
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1451516801-16951-1-git-send-email-colin.king@canonical.com

Cc: Li Bin <huawei.libin at huawei.com>
Cc: Russell King <rmk+kernel at arm.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon at arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king at canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt at goodmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal at canonical.com>
---
 scripts/recordmcount.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/recordmcount.c b/scripts/recordmcount.c
index c544aa7..bace727 100644
--- a/scripts/recordmcount.c
+++ b/scripts/recordmcount.c
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 			do_file(file);
 			break;
 		case SJ_FAIL:    /* error in do_file or below */
-			sprintf("%s: failed\n", file);
+			fprintf(stderr, "%s: failed\n", file);
 			++n_error;
 			break;
 		case SJ_SUCCEED:    /* premature success */
-- 
1.9.1





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