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

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Message-ID: <CAMuHMdXFjDXWVxmkpc5AWebeOasDvj5RrhKOd3gkTqAeK5Y5pg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 8 Oct 2018 16:37:29 +0200
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>,
        Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>,
        "Tobin C. Harding" <me@...in.cc>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "open list:DOCUMENTATION" <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] lib/vsprintf: Prepare for more general use of ptr_to_id()

Hi Andy,

On Mon, Oct 8, 2018 at 4:25 PM Andy Shevchenko
<andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
> 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...

... all the randomization helpers.
And ptr_to_id() needs pointer_string(), string(), widen_string(), number(),
and move_right().

118 insertions(+), 120 deletions(-)

Is that acceptable?

> > +static char *ptr_to_id(char *buf, char *end, const void *ptr,
> > +                    struct printf_spec spec);
-
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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