linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] vsprintf: introduce %pf

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Date:	Wed, 15 Apr 2009 12:13:31 +0900 (JST)
From:	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
To:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:	kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com,
	Mike Frysinger <vapier.adi@...il.com>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Zhaolei <zhaolei@...fujitsu.com>,
	Tom Zanussi <tzanussi@...il.com>,
	Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] vsprintf: introduce %pf

> 
> On Tue, 14 Apr 2009, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 20:00, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
> > > - * - 'F' For symbolic function descriptor pointers
> > > + * - 'F' For symbolic function descriptor pointers with asm offset
> > > + * - 'f' For simple function symbol
> > 
> > "asm" is weird here as it isnt an assembly offset (not that i have any
> > idea what an "assembly offset" even means).  just say "offset".
> 
> Or perhaps better: function offset, as it ususally means the offset into 
> the function.

maybe No. 

if %pf point to global function, offset is meaningless
(only have internal meaning)
it point to static function, offset mean offset against previous symbol.

perhaps, the symbol can non function symbol...



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