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Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2017 16:12:04 +1100
From: "Tobin C. Harding" <me@...in.cc>
To: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH V11 4/5] vsprintf: add printk specifier %px

On Wed, Dec 06, 2017 at 09:32:14AM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> Hi Linus,
> 
> On Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 2:59 AM, Linus Torvalds
> <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
> > On Tue, Dec 5, 2017 at 5:36 PM, Sergey Senozhatsky
> > <sergey.senozhatsky.work@...il.com> wrote:
> >> I see some %p-s being used in _supposedly_ important output,
> >> like arch/x86/mm/fault.c
> >>
> >> show_fault_oops(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long error_code,
> >>                 unsigned long address)
> >> ...
> >>         printk(KERN_CONT " at %p\n", (void *) address);
> >>         printk(KERN_ALERT "IP: %pS\n", (void *)regs->ip);
> >
> > So %pS isn't %p, and shows the symbolic name.
> 
> If the symbolic name is available.
> Else it prints the non-hashed pointer value (FTR).

I'm trying to fix this :)

[RFC 0/3] kallsyms: don't leak address when printing symbol

thanks,
Tobin.

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