linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 2/4] Staging: rts5208: Replace custom macro with print_hex_dump

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Date:	Tue, 8 Jul 2014 22:29:50 -0700
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:	devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	wei_wang@...lsil.com.cn, Fabio Falzoi <fabio.falzoi84@...il.com>,
	dan.carpenter@...cle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/4] Staging: rts5208: Replace custom macro with
 print_hex_dump_bytes

On Tue, Jul 08, 2014 at 06:48:18PM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Tue, 2014-07-08 at 16:45 -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 08, 2014 at 11:38:30PM +0200, Fabio Falzoi wrote:
> > > Use print_hex_dump_bytes to have memory properly dumped only when
> > > DEBUG is defined.
> []
> > > diff --git a/drivers/staging/rts5208/trace.h b/drivers/staging/rts5208/trace.h
> []
> > > @@ -82,12 +82,11 @@ static inline char *filename(char *path)
> []
> > > +static inline void rtsx_hex_dump(const void *buf, size_t len)
> > > +{
> > > +#ifdef DEBUG
> > > +	print_hex_dump_bytes(KBUILD_MODNAME ": ", DUMP_PREFIX_NONE, buf, len);
> > >  #endif
> > > +}
> > 
> > What a mess.  What's wrong with just using the %*ph modifier in
> > dev_dbg() like other drivers do?
> 
> Dunno.
> Is it ever desired to emit more than 64 bytes of buf?

I doubt it really matters :)
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