linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 0/3] lib/vsprintf: Introduce %ptT for time64

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Date:   Tue, 21 Apr 2020 16:07:03 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:     Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/3] lib/vsprintf: Introduce %ptT for time64_t

On Wed, Apr 15, 2020 at 07:46:27PM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Thu, 2020-04-16 at 11:34 +0900, Sergey Senozhatsky wrote:
> > On (20/04/15 13:20), Steven Rostedt wrote:
> > > On Wed, 15 Apr 2020 20:00:43 +0300
> > > Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > It is a logical continuation of previously applied %ptR for struct rtc_time.
> > > > We have few users of time64_t that would like to print it.
> > > > 
> > > > Andrew, since Petr can't pay attention on this perhaps it can be passed thru
> > > > your tree?
> > > > 
> > > > Sergey, Steven, what do you think?
> > > 
> > > I'm fine with these changes. Sergey, what do you think?
> > 
> > I'm not against it in general, I'm slightly concerned if "two users"
> > is enough of a justification for new vsprintf() specifier.
> 
> Me too as separate functions could be used here.

If we drop T in favour of ' ' (space) as delimiter, we will immediately get 5
or 6 users (I didn't check for new ones during last couple of years though).

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko