linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 07/11] lib/vsprintf: Remove support for %pF and %pf in favour of %pS and %ps

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Date:   Mon, 2 Sep 2019 19:01:39 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
Cc:     Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@...ux.intel.com>, rafael@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>,
        Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com>,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        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 v4 07/11] lib/vsprintf: Remove support for %pF and %pf in
 favour of %pS and %ps

On Mon, Sep 02, 2019 at 04:39:35PM +0200, Petr Mladek wrote:
> On Mon 2019-09-02 11:32:36, Sakari Ailus wrote:
> > %pS and %ps are now the preferred conversion specifiers to print function
> > names. The functionality is equivalent; remove the old, deprecated %pF
> > and %pf support.
> 
> Hmm, I see the following in master:
> 
> $> git grep %pF
> tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-func_apis.txt:or events have "%pF" or "%pS" parameter in its format string. It is common to
> 
> $> git grep %pf
> tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c:             if (asprintf(&format, "%%pf: (NO FORMAT FOUND at %llx)\n", addr) < 0)
> tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c:     if (asprintf(&format, "%s: %s", "%pf", printk->printk) < 0)
> 
> I wonder how this is related to printk(). In each case, it seems

It's going thru binary printf() I suppose. The fist stage just saves the format
string and argument addresses or so and prints in later on when user is looking
for human-readable output.

> that libtraceevent somehow implements the non-standard kernel
> %p mofifiers. It looks error-prone to keep another %pf user
> with the old semantic around.
> 
> I am adding some tracing people into CC.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko