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vsprintf: Do not preprocess non-dereferenced pointers for bprintf (%px and %pK)
authorSteven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Tue, 3 Apr 2018 18:38:53 +0000 (14:38 -0400)
committerSteven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Fri, 6 Apr 2018 12:56:51 +0000 (08:56 -0400)
commit8bd615baf8cbfde0774003eb8c663ed4d124e35d
treea705089ef2d001966b5eb65f11ca39b8bce41fc3
parenta89b8a96085ddcadcba6c1465c3156cd766fd6c9
vsprintf: Do not preprocess non-dereferenced pointers for bprintf (%px and %pK)

Commit 1237cff207d413 ("printf: Do not have bprintf dereference pointers")
would preprocess various pointers that are dereferenced in the bprintf()
because the recording and printing are done at two different times. Some
pointers stayed dereferenced in the ring buffer because user space could
handle them (namely "%pS" and friends). Pointers that are not dereferenced
should not be processed immediately but instead just saved directly.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: 1237cff207d413 ("printf: Do not have bprintf dereference pointers")
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
lib/vsprintf.c