Re: [PATCH V11 2/5] vsprintf: refactor %pK code out of pointer()

On Wed, 29 Nov 2017 13:05:02 +1100
"Tobin C. Harding" [off-list ref] wrote:

+		/*
+		 * kptr_restrict==1 cannot be used in IRQ context
+		 * because its test for CAP_SYSLOG would be meaningless.
+		 */
+		if (in_irq() || in_serving_softirq() || in_nmi())

This could be replaced with:

		if (!in_task())

Which is actually more efficient.

-- Steve

+			return string(buf, end, "pK-error", spec);