linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] lib/vsprintf: Prepare for more general use of ptr_to

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Date:   Mon, 8 Oct 2018 17:25:44 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>
Cc:     Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>, "Tobin C . Harding" <me@...in.cc>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] lib/vsprintf: Prepare for more general use of
 ptr_to_id()

On Mon, Oct 08, 2018 at 01:05:02PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>   - Make the ptr argument const, to avoid adding casts in future
>     callers,


>   - Add a forward declaration, to avoid moving large blocks of code.

How big it would be? ptr_to_id() itself plus...

> +static char *ptr_to_id(char *buf, char *end, const void *ptr,
> +		       struct printf_spec spec);

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko