linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] treewide: Switch printk users from %pf and %pF to %ps and %pS, respectively

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Date:   Tue, 9 Apr 2019 15:02:23 +0200
From:   Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
To:     Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, sparclinux@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-um@...ts.infradead.org, xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org,
        linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org,
        drbd-dev@...ts.linbit.com, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-mmc@...r.kernel.org, linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org,
        linux-pci@...r.kernel.org, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-btrfs@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        ceph-devel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Anna-Maria Gleixner <anna-maria@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] treewide: Switch printk users from %pf and %pF to
 %ps and %pS, respectively

On Wed 2019-04-03 14:28:14, Sakari Ailus wrote:
> Ping.
> 
> On Tue, Mar 26, 2019 at 02:35:10PM +0100, Petr Mladek wrote:
> > Linus,
> > 
> > On Mon 2019-03-25 21:32:28, Sakari Ailus wrote:
> > > %pF and %pf are functionally equivalent to %pS and %ps conversion
> > > specifiers. The former are deprecated, therefore switch the current users
> > > to use the preferred variant.
> > > 
> > > The changes have been produced by the following command:
> > > 
> > > 	git grep -l '%p[fF]' | grep -v '^\(tools\|Documentation\)/' | \
> > > 	while read i; do perl -i -pe 's/%pf/%ps/g; s/%pF/%pS/g;' $i; done
> > > 
> > > And verifying the result.
> > 
> > I guess that the best timing for such tree-wide clean up is the end
> > of the merge window. Should we wait for 5.2 or is it still acceptable
> > to push this for 5.1-rc3?
> 
> The patch still cleanly applies to linux-next as wells as Linus's tree.
> Some %pf bits have appeared and fixed since (include/trace/events/timer.h);
> the fix is in linux-next so once that and this patch are merged, there are
> no remaining %pf (or %pF) users left.

I have pushed the patch into printk.git, branch for-5.2-pf-removal.
It is v2 without the include/trace/events/timer.h stuff.

Best Regards,
Petr