Re: src/sys/modules/spdmem

[David Young <dyoung%pobox.com@localhost>]

On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 11:11:20AM -0700, Paul Goyette wrote:
> >Module Name:    src
> >Committed By:   christos
> >Date:           Thu Aug 18 17:02:49 UTC 2011
> >
> >Modified Files:
> >        src/sys/modules/spdmem: Makefile
> >
> >Log Message:
> >document non-literal string format
> 
> Rather than sweeping the issue under the rug, wouldn't it be better to
> actually fix the problem?
> 
> See attached diff which replaces the "variable" format with a
> literal #define string ...

I think we should make no changes to appease the compiler in this case.
There is nothing inherently safer about using a literal format string
than a static const format string, the compiler just isn't smart enough
to tell an unsafe non-literal format string from a safe one.

Dave

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