linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5] printk: Userspace format enumeration support

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Date:   Tue, 16 Mar 2021 13:27:00 +0000
From:   Chris Down <chris@...isdown.name>
To:     Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>,
        John Ogness <john.ogness@...utronix.de>,
        Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, kernel-team@...com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5] printk: Userspace format enumeration support

Petr Mladek writes:
>> In my mind, pi_start is really just a special case of pi_next, so the code
>> flow makes sense to me. I'm happy to change it to whatever you like, but
>> it's not immediately obvious to me what that is :-)
>
>Good question! I have missed that pi_start() can be called also with non-zero
>pos when seeking.
>
>OK, pi_start() has to handle pos == 0 special way, so let's handle it
>there. Call pi_next() only when pos != 0.
>
>The following code should do the job. I took this from my previous reply.
>It is already based on the other suggested changes:

That also looks fine, thanks. I'll hopefully have time to send v6 this week.

Thanks for your detailed feedback! :-)