@@ -2762,7 +2762,7 @@ static int evaluate_arguments(struct symbol *fn, struct expression_list *head)
* do this first, otherwise the arugment info may get lost or changed
* later on in the evaluation loop by degenerate()
*/
- if (fn->ctype.printf_va_start)
+ if (Wformat && fn->ctype.printf_va_start)
fmt_string = get_printf_fmt(fn, head);
PREPARE_PTR_LIST(argument_types, argtype);
@@ -2802,7 +2802,7 @@ static int evaluate_arguments(struct symbol *fn, struct expression_list *head)
} END_FOR_EACH_PTR(expr);
FINISH_PTR_LIST(argtype);
- if (fn->ctype.printf_va_start)
+ if (Wformat && fn->ctype.printf_va_start)
evaluate_format_printf(fmt_string, fn, head);
return 1;
@@ -269,6 +269,7 @@ int Wimplicit_int = 1;
int Winit_cstring = 0;
int Wint_to_pointer_cast = 1;
int Wenum_mismatch = 1;
+int Wformat = 0;
int Wsparse_error = 0;
int Wmemcpy_max_count = 1;
int Wnon_pointer_null = 1;
@@ -651,6 +652,7 @@ static const struct flag warnings[] = {
{ "implicit-int", &Wimplicit_int },
{ "init-cstring", &Winit_cstring },
{ "int-to-pointer-cast", &Wint_to_pointer_cast },
+ { "format", &Wformat },
{ "memcpy-max-count", &Wmemcpy_max_count },
{ "non-pointer-null", &Wnon_pointer_null },
{ "old-initializer", &Wold_initializer },
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ extern int Wdefault_bitfield_sign;
extern int Wdesignated_init;
extern int Wdo_while;
extern int Wenum_mismatch;
+extern int Wformat;
extern int Wsparse_error;
extern int Wimplicit_int;
extern int Winit_cstring;
@@ -262,6 +262,15 @@ trouble.
Sparse does not issue these warnings by default.
.
.TP
+.B \-Wformat
+Warn about parameter mismatch to any variadic function which specifies
+where the format string is specified with the
+.BI __attribute__((format( type, message, va_start )))
+attribute.
+
+Sparse does not issue these warnings by default. To turn them on, use
+\fB\-Wno\-format\fR
+.TP
.B \-Wmemcpy\-max\-count
Warn about call of \fBmemcpy()\fR, \fBmemset()\fR, \fBcopy_from_user()\fR, or
\fBcopy_to_user()\fR with a large compile-time byte count.
Add option to enable/disable format checking (and default it to off) Signed-off-by: Ben Dooks <ben.dooks@codethink.co.uk> --- Changes since v1: - Default -Wformat off Changes since v2: - Spelling fixes fixup format docs --- evaluate.c | 4 ++-- lib.c | 2 ++ lib.h | 1 + sparse.1 | 9 +++++++++ 4 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)