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Re: [PATCH v2 0/6] add missing __attribute__((format))

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Jul 13, 2021, 21:17 UTC
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On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 10:05:15AM +0200, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote:
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> Adds missing add missing __attribute__((format)) in various places,
> which improves compile-time checking.
> 
> v2: Let's drop the whole bending over backwards to do mostly/entirely
> useless strftime() checking. That's gone, I added a patch at the end
> with a comment for strbuf_addftime() to say why it's not there, and
> also split up the advise_if_enabled() change into its own commit.
> 
> I also removed the other cases of adding attribute checking to
> compat/*. I can't easily test those, and I don't know if there's
> potential bad interactions with git-compat-util.h.

Thanks. Modulo a whitespace typo in the final patch, these all look good to me.

I could take or leave the final patch, as I never wondered about strftime format-checking in the first place. :) But I don't mind it either way (the alternative is that the v1 discussion in the list could serve the purpose).

-Peff
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Message 24 of 33 in “add missing __attribute__((format))”
  1. 0/6 add missing __attribute__((format))Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 10, 2021
  2. 1/6 *.c static functions: don't forward-declare __attribute__Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 10, 2021
  3. 3/6 *.c static functions: add missing __attribute__((format))Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 10, 2021
  4. 5/6 bugreport.c: tweak cmd_bugreport() to use __attribute__((printf))Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 10, 2021
  5. Junio C HamanoJul 12, 2021
  6. 2/6 sequencer.c: move static function to avoid forward declÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 10, 2021
  7. 6/6 git-compat-util.h: add __attribute__((printf)) to git_*printf*Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 10, 2021
  8. Jeff KingJul 12, 2021
  9. Randall S. BeckerJul 12, 2021
  10. Jeff KingJul 12, 2021
  11. Randall S. BeckerJul 12, 2021
  12. 4/6 *.h: add a few missing __attribute__((format))Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 10, 2021
  13. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJul 11, 2021
  14. Jeff KingJul 12, 2021
  15. Jeff KingJul 12, 2021
  16. 0/6 add missing __attribute__((format))Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 13, 2021
  17. 1/6 *.c static functions: don't forward-declare __attribute__Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 13, 2021
  18. 2/6 sequencer.c: move static function to avoid forward declÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 13, 2021
  19. 3/6 *.c static functions: add missing __attribute__((format))Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 13, 2021
  20. 4/6 *.h: add a few missing __attribute__((format))Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 13, 2021
  21. 5/6 advice.h: add missing __attribute__((format)) & fix usageÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 13, 2021
  22. 6/6 strbuf.h: add a comment about "missing" strftime() checkingÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 13, 2021
  23. Jeff KingJul 13, 2021
  24. Jeff KingJul 13, 2021
  25. Junio C HamanoJul 13, 2021
  26. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJul 13, 2021
  27. 0/5 add missing __attribute__((format))Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 14, 2021
  28. 1/5 *.c static functions: don't forward-declare __attribute__Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 14, 2021
  29. 2/5 sequencer.c: move static function to avoid forward declÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 14, 2021
  30. 3/5 *.c static functions: add missing __attribute__((format))Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 14, 2021
  31. 5/5 advice.h: add missing __attribute__((format)) & fix usageÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 14, 2021
  32. 4/5 *.h: add a few missing __attribute__((format))Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 14, 2021
  33. Junio C HamanoJul 14, 2021

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