scripts: checkpatch: diagnose uses of `%pA` in the C side as errors
The `%pA` format specifier is only intended to be used from Rust. `checkpatch.pl` already gives a warning for invalid specificers: WARNING: Invalid vsprintf pointer extension '%pA' This makes it an error and introduces an explanatory message: ERROR: Invalid vsprintf pointer extension '%pA' - '%pA' is only intended to be used from Rust code Suggested-by:Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Reviewed-by:
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Co-developed-by:
Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@gmail.com> Signed-off-by:
Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@gmail.com> Co-developed-by:
Wedson Almeida Filho <wedsonaf@google.com> Signed-off-by:
Wedson Almeida Filho <wedsonaf@google.com> Co-developed-by:
Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Signed-off-by:
Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Signed-off-by:
Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
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