linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] lib/vsnprintf: Add %par specifier for sake of consistency

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Date:   Wed, 11 Jan 2017 15:57:10 -0800
From:   Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux@...musvillemoes.dk,
        arnd.bergmann@...aro.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] lib/vsnprintf: Add %par specifier for sake of
 consistency

On Wed, 11 Jan 2017 18:28:07 +0200 Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com> wrote:

> While resource_size_t is repeating phys_addr_t, allocate %par specifier for
> that type for sake of consistency.
> 

I'm struggling to see the value in this.  A more detailed changelog
would help, explaining why you think the kernel would benefit from
this.

Are there callsites which should be converted?  If so, a patch which
does at least some of those would be helpful.