netdev - Re: [PATCH iproute2-next 3/6] lib: Move sprint_size() from tc here, add print

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Date:   Tue, 1 Dec 2020 21:07:12 -0700
From:   David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
To:     Petr Machata <me@...chata.org>,
        Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, Po.Liu@....com, toke@...e.dk,
        dave.taht@...il.com, edumazet@...gle.com, tahiliani@...k.edu.in,
        leon@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2-next 3/6] lib: Move sprint_size() from tc here,
 add print_size()

On 12/1/20 3:41 PM, Petr Machata wrote:
> 
>> Also, instead of magic SPRINT_BSIZE, why not take a len param (and
>> name it snprint_size)?
> 
> Because keeping the interface like this makes it possible to reuse the
> macroized bits in q_cake. I feel like the three current users are
> auditable enough that the implied length is not a big deal. And no new
> users should pop up, as the comment at the function makes clear.
> 


seems reasonable and this reduces the number of users of sprint_size.