# \[PATCH\] tpm: fix format string error in tpm-chip.c

- Subsystems: THE REST, TPM DEVICE DRIVER
- Maintainers: Linus Torvalds, Peter Huewe, Jarkko Sakkinen
- List: linux-api
- 1 message, 1 author
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-api/2015/01/4413301/t

## \[PATCH\] tpm: fix format string error in tpm-chip.c

- From: Jarkko Sakkinen \<hidden\>
- Date: 2015-01-20 10:03:49 
- Message: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-api/2015/01/4413301.md

```text
dev_set_name() takes three arguments where the second argument is
a format string. This patch fixes the call accordingly in tpm-chip.c

Signed-off-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <redacted>
---
 drivers/char/tpm/tpm-chip.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-chip.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-chip.c
index 6459af7..1d278cc 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-chip.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-chip.c
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ struct tpm_chip *tpmm_chip_alloc(struct device *dev,
 	else
 		chip->dev.devt = MKDEV(MAJOR(tpm_devt), chip->dev_num);
 
-	dev_set_name(&chip->dev, chip->devname);
+	dev_set_name(&chip->dev, "%s", chip->devname);
 
 	device_initialize(&chip->dev);
 
-- 
2.1.0
```
