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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/vsprintf.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/vsprintf.c | 9 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/vsprintf.c b/lib/vsprintf.c index e3bf4e0f10b5..2d41de3f98a1 100644 --- a/lib/vsprintf.c +++ b/lib/vsprintf.c @@ -1477,6 +1477,9 @@ int kptr_restrict __read_mostly; * by an extra set of alphanumeric characters that are extended format * specifiers. * + * Please update scripts/checkpatch.pl when adding/removing conversion + * characters. (Search for "check for vsprintf extension"). + * * Right now we handle: * * - 'F' For symbolic function descriptor pointers with offset @@ -1954,13 +1957,13 @@ set_precision(struct printf_spec *spec, int prec) * This function generally follows C99 vsnprintf, but has some * extensions and a few limitations: * - * %n is unsupported - * %p* is handled by pointer() + * - ``%n`` is unsupported + * - ``%p*`` is handled by pointer() * * See pointer() or Documentation/printk-formats.txt for more * extensive description. * - * ** Please update the documentation in both places when making changes ** + * **Please update the documentation in both places when making changes** * * The return value is the number of characters which would * be generated for the given input, excluding the trailing |