Applied to v2.4 - v2.6 wants the same change. Against v2.6-BK.
From: Solar Designer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Enables gcc warnings for the case when arguments to vsprintf/vsnprintf function don't match the format string. This helps catch programming errors. --- a/include/linux/kernel.h.orig 2005-03-13 14:42:52.069920616 -0300 +++ b/include/linux/kernel.h 2005-03-13 14:45:15.192162728 -0300 @@ -91,10 +91,12 @@ extern long long simple_strtoll(const char *,char **,unsigned int); extern int sprintf(char * buf, const char * fmt, ...) __attribute__ ((format (printf, 2, 3))); -extern int vsprintf(char *buf, const char *, va_list); +extern int vsprintf(char *buf, const char *, va_list) + __attribute__ ((format (printf, 2, 0))); extern int snprintf(char * buf, size_t size, const char * fmt, ...) __attribute__ ((format (printf, 3, 4))); -extern int vsnprintf(char *buf, size_t size, const char *fmt, va_list args); +extern int vsnprintf(char *buf, size_t size, const char *fmt, va_list args) + __attribute__ ((format (printf, 3, 0))); extern int scnprintf(char * buf, size_t size, const char * fmt, ...) __attribute__ ((format (printf, 3, 4))); extern int vscnprintf(char *buf, size_t size, const char *fmt, va_list args); - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/