netdev - Re: batostr() function

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Date:	Tue, 08 May 2012 16:25:08 +0200
From:	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
To:	David Herrmann <dh.herrmann@...glemail.com>
Cc:	linux-bluetooth@...r.kernel.org, netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: batostr() function

On Tue, 2012-05-08 at 15:30 +0200, David Herrmann wrote:
> Hi Johannes
> 
> On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 1:49 PM, Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net> wrote:
> > Really? 2 static buffers that are used alternately based on a static
> > variable? How can that possibly be thread-safe? That may work in very
> > restricted scenarios, but ...
> 
> Looking at "git blame" it seems the whole function is still from
> linux-2.4. Looks like no-one ever noticed. I've sent a patchset fixing
> it, thanks.

I was thinking you could use %pM, but it seems BT addresses are stored
the wrong way around for some reason ...

johannes

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