linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] print_hex_dump: use %px when using DUMP_PREFIX

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Message-ID: <CAOZdJXVbWm2LBjmZbY4FmDAi4fKThwF_=wnUvSt9sTts_fb0Kw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 16 Sep 2020 18:52:21 -0500
From:   Timur Tabi <timur@...nel.org>
To:     Roman Fietze <roman.fietze@...na.com>
Cc:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] print_hex_dump: use %px when using DUMP_PREFIX_ADDRESS

On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 7:23 AM Roman Fietze <roman.fietze@...na.com> wrote:
>
> This function is mainly used for debugging. But for that purpose the
> hashed memory address of the dumped data provides no useful
> information at all.
>
> Note: There are only very few locations in the kernel, where
> print_hex_dump is not used with KERN_DEBUG and DUMP_PREFIX_ADDRESS.
>
> Signed-off-by: Roman Fietze <roman.fietze@...na.com>

Is this patch going to get picked up?  I was hoping it would be in 5.9.