netdev - Re: [PATCH] pktgen: use %pI6c for printing IPv6 addresses

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Message-ID: <1304460714.1788.40.camel@Joe-Laptop>
Date:	Tue, 03 May 2011 15:11:54 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pktgen: use %pI6c for printing IPv6 addresses

On Wed, 2011-05-04 at 00:23 +0300, Alexey Dobriyan wrote:
> I don't know why %pI6 doesn't compress, but the format specifier is
> kernel-standard, so use it.

Because seq_printf output using %pI6 has a known
output style and shouldn't be changed to avoid
breaking user applications.


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