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Diffstat (limited to 'lib')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/vsprintf.c | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/vsprintf.c b/lib/vsprintf.c index 4a14889ccb35..5ec8ad238d03 100644 --- a/lib/vsprintf.c +++ b/lib/vsprintf.c @@ -2189,7 +2189,9 @@ early_param("no_hash_pointers", no_hash_pointers_enable); * Implements a "recursive vsnprintf". * Do not use this feature without some mechanism to verify the * correctness of the format string and va_list arguments. - * - 'K' For a kernel pointer that should be hidden from unprivileged users + * - 'K' For a kernel pointer that should be hidden from unprivileged users. + * Use only for procfs, sysfs and similar files, not printk(); please + * read the documentation (path below) first. * - 'NF' For a netdev_features_t * - 'h[CDN]' For a variable-length buffer, it prints it as a hex string with * a certain separator (' ' by default): @@ -2228,7 +2230,8 @@ early_param("no_hash_pointers", no_hash_pointers_enable); * Without an option prints the full name of the node * f full name * P node name, including a possible unit address - * - 'x' For printing the address. Equivalent to "%lx". + * - 'x' For printing the address unmodified. Equivalent to "%lx". + * Please read the documentation (path below) before using! * - '[ku]s' For a BPF/tracing related format specifier, e.g. used out of * bpf_trace_printk() where [ku] prefix specifies either kernel (k) * or user (u) memory to probe, and: |