linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 11/19] vsprintf: add new `%pA` format specifier

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Message-ID: <CAKwvOdnSSkRO0n8-Bz_ACcqsoctyv4MkALG1n75p4rQoNfrMuQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 6 Dec 2021 12:02:14 -0800
From:   Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
To:     Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>,
        Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        rust-for-linux <rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kbuild mailing list <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Doc Mailing List <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Gary Guo <gary@...yguo.net>,
        Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@...il.com>,
        Wedson Almeida Filho <wedsonaf@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 11/19] vsprintf: add new `%pA` format specifier

On Mon, Dec 6, 2021 at 11:55 AM Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Dec 06, 2021 at 11:52:09AM -0800, Nick Desaulniers wrote:
> > On Mon, Dec 6, 2021 at 8:14 AM Greg Kroah-Hartman
> > <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Mon, Dec 06, 2021 at 04:56:32PM +0100, Miguel Ojeda wrote:
> > > > On Mon, Dec 6, 2021 at 4:46 PM Greg Kroah-Hartman
> > > > <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > That should be in a .h file somewhere.  Remember, don't put #ifdef in .c
> > > > > files please.
> >
> > Why not put #ifdef in .c files?
> >
> > > > Will do, thanks for reviewing!
> > > >
> > > > > Same here, this should not be needed if you put it in a .h file
> > > > > correctly.
> >
> > I guess IS_ENABLED could be used in the .c code, but I don't see how
> > they could move the dispatch to rust_fmt_argument to a header without
> > moving the definition of pointer() to a header, which they probably
> > _cant_ do because it's noinline_for_stack.
>
> In the header file, you put:
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_FOO
> int foo(void);
> #else
> static inline int foo(void) { }
> #endif
>
> and then in your .c file, you call foo() unconditionally, and everything
> works beautifully.
>

Ah, that is nice, thanks!

-- 
Thanks,
~Nick Desaulniers