1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/kobject.h b/include/linux/kobject.h
index 8f6d12151048..15e82c132f78 100644
--- a/include/linux/kobject.h
+++ b/include/linux/kobject.h
@@ -85,11 +85,13 @@ static inline const char *kobject_name(const struct kobject *kobj)
 extern void kobject_init(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_type *ktype);
 extern int __must_check kobject_add(struct kobject *kobj,
                                     struct kobject *parent,
-                                    const char *fmt, ...);
+                                    const char *fmt, ...)
+        __attribute__((format(printf, 3, 4)));
 extern int __must_check kobject_init_and_add(struct kobject *kobj,
                                              struct kobj_type *ktype,
                                              struct kobject *parent,
-                                             const char *fmt, ...);
+                                             const char *fmt, ...)
+        __attribute__((format(printf, 4, 5)));
 
 extern void kobject_del(struct kobject *kobj);
 
@@ -226,6 +228,7 @@ static inline int kobject_uevent_env(struct kobject *kobj,
 
 static inline int add_uevent_var(struct kobj_uevent_env *env,
                                  const char *format, ...)
+        __attribute__((format(printf, 2, 3)))
 { return 0; }
 
 static inline int kobject_action_type(const char *buf, size_t count,