diff --git a/include/linux/clkdev.h b/include/linux/clkdev.h
index a240b18e86fa4e6cfcc1aaea2b00d4d899c44bdf..08bffcc466de7e5bce4359b3174ba8105e734a35 100644
--- a/include/linux/clkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/clkdev.h
@@ -33,18 +33,19 @@ struct clk_lookup {
}
struct clk_lookup *clkdev_alloc(struct clk *clk, const char *con_id,
- const char *dev_fmt, ...);
+ const char *dev_fmt, ...) __printf(3, 4);
void clkdev_add(struct clk_lookup *cl);
void clkdev_drop(struct clk_lookup *cl);
struct clk_lookup *clkdev_create(struct clk *clk, const char *con_id,
- const char *dev_fmt, ...);
+ const char *dev_fmt, ...) __printf(3, 4);
void clkdev_add_table(struct clk_lookup *, size_t);
int clk_add_alias(const char *, const char *, const char *, struct device *);
-int clk_register_clkdev(struct clk *, const char *, const char *, ...);
+int clk_register_clkdev(struct clk *, const char *, const char *, ...)
+ __printf(3, 4);
int clk_register_clkdevs(struct clk *, struct clk_lookup *, size_t);
#ifdef CONFIG_COMMON_CLK
diff --git a/include/linux/compat.h b/include/linux/compat.h
index ab25814690bc649421cc16092653ae5217406198..a76c9172b2eb08de11a33331c35c7533ed041967 100644
--- a/include/linux/compat.h
+++ b/include/linux/compat.h
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ asmlinkage long compat_sys_settimeofday(struct compat_timeval __user *tv,
asmlinkage long compat_sys_adjtimex(struct compat_timex __user *utp);
-extern int compat_printk(const char *fmt, ...);
+extern __printf(1, 2) int compat_printk(const char *fmt, ...);
extern void sigset_from_compat(sigset_t *set, const compat_sigset_t *compat);
extern void sigset_to_compat(compat_sigset_t *compat, const sigset_t *set);
diff --git a/include/linux/configfs.h b/include/linux/configfs.h
index c9e5c57e4edf2c09ccc4c09c72c54a87c1ecbd9c..63a36e89d0eb6b3f718d7058b723291662c186d3 100644
--- a/include/linux/configfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/configfs.h
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ struct config_item {
struct dentry *ci_dentry;
};
-extern int config_item_set_name(struct config_item *, const char *, ...);
+extern __printf(2, 3)
+int config_item_set_name(struct config_item *, const char *, ...);
static inline char *config_item_name(struct config_item * item)
{
diff --git a/include/linux/cpu.h b/include/linux/cpu.h
index c0fb6b1b4712c30bdf9f7749fefead8a5a2be622..23c30bdcca8631f80242d62d4b167d20e2814c75 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpu.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpu.h
@@ -40,9 +40,10 @@ extern void cpu_remove_dev_attr(struct device_attribute *attr);
extern int cpu_add_dev_attr_group(struct attribute_group *attrs);
extern void cpu_remove_dev_attr_group(struct attribute_group *attrs);
-extern struct device *cpu_device_create(struct device *parent, void *drvdata,
- const struct attribute_group **groups,
- const char *fmt, ...);
+extern __printf(4, 5)
+struct device *cpu_device_create(struct device *parent, void *drvdata,
+ const struct attribute_group **groups,
+ const char *fmt, ...);
#ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
extern void unregister_cpu(struct cpu *cpu);
extern ssize_t arch_cpu_probe(const char *, size_t);
diff --git a/include/linux/dcache.h b/include/linux/dcache.h
index d2d50249b7b2a16bd08b3c6f82ea3748836c7afc..d67ae119cf4eb9d3143d5019108f1d7fbf252b88 100644
--- a/include/linux/dcache.h
+++ b/include/linux/dcache.h
@@ -327,7 +327,8 @@ static inline unsigned d_count(const struct dentry *dentry)
/*
* helper function for dentry_operations.d_dname() members
*/
-extern char *dynamic_dname(struct dentry *, char *, int, const char *, ...);
+extern __printf(4, 5)
+char *dynamic_dname(struct dentry *, char *, int, const char *, ...);
extern char *simple_dname(struct dentry *, char *, int);
extern char *__d_path(const struct path *, const struct path *, char *, int);
diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h
index 5a31bf3a40243e1faff078fdc509361568143f01..a2b4ea70a9467520d93a556190ca8995183e4af9 100644
--- a/include/linux/device.h
+++ b/include/linux/device.h
@@ -637,8 +637,9 @@ extern int devres_release_group(struct device *dev, void *id);
/* managed devm_k.alloc/kfree for device drivers */
extern void *devm_kmalloc(struct device *dev, size_t size, gfp_t gfp);
-extern char *devm_kvasprintf(struct device *dev, gfp_t gfp, const char *fmt,
- va_list ap);
+extern __printf(3, 0)
+char *devm_kvasprintf(struct device *dev, gfp_t gfp, const char *fmt,
+ va_list ap);
extern __printf(3, 4)
char *devm_kasprintf(struct device *dev, gfp_t gfp, const char *fmt, ...);
static inline void *devm_kzalloc(struct device *dev, size_t size, gfp_t gfp)
@@ -1011,12 +1012,10 @@ extern int __must_check device_reprobe(struct device *dev);
/*
* Easy functions for dynamically creating devices on the fly
*/
-extern struct device *device_create_vargs(struct class *cls,
- struct device *parent,
- dev_t devt,
- void *drvdata,
- const char *fmt,
- va_list vargs);
+extern __printf(5, 0)
+struct device *device_create_vargs(struct class *cls, struct device *parent,
+ dev_t devt, void *drvdata,
+ const char *fmt, va_list vargs);
extern __printf(5, 6)
struct device *device_create(struct class *cls, struct device *parent,
dev_t devt, void *drvdata,
diff --git a/include/linux/iommu.h b/include/linux/iommu.h
index dc767f7c3704639da944153e8bdae7cf40cd804d..f9c1b6d0f2e4bcda9db87aa9d8d5907acd0da2d4 100644
--- a/include/linux/iommu.h
+++ b/include/linux/iommu.h
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ extern int iommu_domain_set_attr(struct iommu_domain *domain, enum iommu_attr,
void *data);
struct device *iommu_device_create(struct device *parent, void *drvdata,
const struct attribute_group **groups,
- const char *fmt, ...);
+ const char *fmt, ...) __printf(4, 5);
void iommu_device_destroy(struct device *dev);
int iommu_device_link(struct device *dev, struct device *link);
void iommu_device_unlink(struct device *dev, struct device *link);
diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
index 5f0be58640ea6e73f88dd02cb3ac3bc7cdb6a0e6..5582410727cbf5cdb70bb1cba30729d7ebf4aa26 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernel.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -411,7 +411,8 @@ extern __printf(3, 0)
int vscnprintf(char *buf, size_t size, const char *fmt, va_list args);
extern __printf(2, 3)
char *kasprintf(gfp_t gfp, const char *fmt, ...);
-extern char *kvasprintf(gfp_t gfp, const char *fmt, va_list args);
+extern __printf(2, 0)
+char *kvasprintf(gfp_t gfp, const char *fmt, va_list args);
extern __scanf(2, 3)
int sscanf(const char *, const char *, ...);
@@ -679,10 +680,10 @@ do { \
__ftrace_vprintk(_THIS_IP_, fmt, vargs); \
} while (0)
-extern int
+extern __printf(2, 0) int
__ftrace_vbprintk(unsigned long ip, const char *fmt, va_list ap);
-extern int
+extern __printf(2, 0) int
__ftrace_vprintk(unsigned long ip, const char *fmt, va_list ap);
extern void ftrace_dump(enum ftrace_dump_mode oops_dump_mode);
@@ -702,7 +703,7 @@ int trace_printk(const char *fmt, ...)
{
return 0;
}
-static inline int
+static __printf(1, 0) inline int
ftrace_vprintk(const char *fmt, va_list ap)
{
return 0;
diff --git a/include/linux/kobject.h b/include/linux/kobject.h
index 2d61b909f414f6f61e37ca9c53372d85392242fd..637f67002c5ac6b39536b5cf74a77caf3b1f749f 100644
--- a/include/linux/kobject.h
+++ b/include/linux/kobject.h
@@ -80,8 +80,9 @@ struct kobject {
extern __printf(2, 3)
int kobject_set_name(struct kobject *kobj, const char *name, ...);
-extern int kobject_set_name_vargs(struct kobject *kobj, const char *fmt,
- va_list vargs);
+extern __printf(2, 0)
+int kobject_set_name_vargs(struct kobject *kobj, const char *fmt,
+ va_list vargs);
static inline const char *kobject_name(const struct kobject *kobj)
{
diff --git a/include/linux/mmiotrace.h b/include/linux/mmiotrace.h
index c5d52780d6a02fe27ec67cb892b447c43a6beefb..3ba327af055cc43e4d38517fda8557420238f7f0 100644
--- a/include/linux/mmiotrace.h
+++ b/include/linux/mmiotrace.h
@@ -106,6 +106,6 @@ extern void enable_mmiotrace(void);
extern void disable_mmiotrace(void);
extern void mmio_trace_rw(struct mmiotrace_rw *rw);
extern void mmio_trace_mapping(struct mmiotrace_map *map);
-extern int mmio_trace_printk(const char *fmt, va_list args);
+extern __printf(1, 0) int mmio_trace_printk(const char *fmt, va_list args);
#endif /* _LINUX_MMIOTRACE_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/printk.h b/include/linux/printk.h
index 58b1fec40d37373001a6d46840702d33e70f1001..a6298b27ac99d9197ccd4dac6c04b09f2c5011da 100644
--- a/include/linux/printk.h
+++ b/include/linux/printk.h
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ static inline __printf(1, 2) __cold
void early_printk(const char *s, ...) { }
#endif
-typedef int(*printk_func_t)(const char *fmt, va_list args);
+typedef __printf(1, 0) int (*printk_func_t)(const char *fmt, va_list args);
#ifdef CONFIG_PRINTK
asmlinkage __printf(5, 0)
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ char *log_buf_addr_get(void);
u32 log_buf_len_get(void);
void log_buf_kexec_setup(void);
void __init setup_log_buf(int early);
-void dump_stack_set_arch_desc(const char *fmt, ...);
+__printf(1, 2) void dump_stack_set_arch_desc(const char *fmt, ...);
void dump_stack_print_info(const char *log_lvl);
void show_regs_print_info(const char *log_lvl);
#else
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ static inline void setup_log_buf(int early)
{
}
-static inline void dump_stack_set_arch_desc(const char *fmt, ...)
+static inline __printf(1, 2) void dump_stack_set_arch_desc(const char *fmt, ...)
{
}
diff --git a/lib/kobject.c b/lib/kobject.c
index 2e3bd01964a9047f481862c2323be8c4ea42db9c..3e3a5c3cb330dfd39a5a24a0dc638c5f4ecdbfe0 100644
--- a/lib/kobject.c
+++ b/lib/kobject.c
@@ -337,8 +337,9 @@ void kobject_init(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_type *ktype)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_init);
-static int kobject_add_varg(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobject *parent,
- const char *fmt, va_list vargs)
+static __printf(3, 0) int kobject_add_varg(struct kobject *kobj,
+ struct kobject *parent,
+ const char *fmt, va_list vargs)
{
int retval;