linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 01/12] tools lib traceevent: Convert remaining %p[fF] users to %p[sS]

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite for Android: free password hash cracker in your pocket

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Tue, 10 Sep 2019 14:26:21 -0400
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:     Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@...ux.intel.com>,
        Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        rafael@...nel.org,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>,
        Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>,
        Tzvetomir Stoyanov <tstoyanov@...are.com>,
        linux-trace-devel@...r.kernel.org, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 01/12] tools lib traceevent: Convert remaining %p[fF]
 users to %p[sS]

On Tue, 10 Sep 2019 10:18:44 -0700
Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> wrote:

> > It's not just for the lastest kernel. We must maintain backward
> > compatibility here too. If there use to be a usage of this, then we
> > must keep it until the kernels are no longer used (perhaps 7 years?)  
> 
> That argues for not using "%pfw" at all for some number of years.
> 
> Perhaps the '%pfw' should be '%pnfw' for 'name' and 'fwnode'

  -ENOCOMPREHENSION

-- Steve