Re: [PATCH v2] lib: Documentation: Synchronize %p formatting documentation

[Andy Shevchenko]

On Thu, 2015-09-24 at 10:08 +0200, Martin Kletzander wrote:
> Move all pointer-formatting documentation to one place in the code 
> and
> one place in the documentation instead of keeping it in three places
> with different level of completeness.  Documentation/printk
> -formats.txt
> has detailed information about each modifier, docstring above 
> pointer()
> has short descriptions of them (as that is the function dealing with 
> %p)
> and docstring above vsprintf() is removed as redundant.  Both 
> docstrings
> in the code that were modified are updated with a reminder of 
> updating
> the documentation upon any further change.
> 

Good for me!

Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> Signed-off-by: Martin Kletzander <mkletzan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  Documentation/printk-formats.txt | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  lib/vsprintf.c                   | 43 ++++++++----------------------
> ----------
>  2 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/printk-formats.txt b/Documentation/printk
> -formats.txt
> index 2ec6d84f391c..c85e27264a2b 100644
> --- a/Documentation/printk-formats.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/printk-formats.txt
> @@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ Raw buffer as an escaped string:
>  	If field width is omitted the 1 byte only will be escaped.
> 
>  Raw buffer as a hex string:
> +
>  	%*ph	00 01 02  ...  3f
>  	%*phC	00:01:02: ... :3f
>  	%*phD	00-01-02- ... -3f
> @@ -234,6 +235,7 @@ UUID/GUID addresses:
>  	Passed by reference.
> 
>  dentry names:
> +
>  	%pd{,2,3,4}
>  	%pD{,2,3,4}
> 
> @@ -264,6 +266,8 @@ struct va_format:
>  		va_list *va;
>  	};
> 
> +	Implements a "recursive vsnprintf".
> +
>  	Do not use this feature without some mechanism to verify the
>  	correctness of the format string and va_list arguments.
> 
> @@ -292,6 +296,29 @@ bitmap and its derivatives such as cpumask and 
> nodemask:
> 
>  	Passed by reference.
> 
> +Network device features:
> +
> +	%pNF	0x000000000000c000
> +
> +	For printing netdev_features_t.
> +
> +	Passed by reference.
> +
> +Command from struct task_struct
> +
> +	%pT	ls
> +
> +	For printing executable name excluding path from struct
> +	task_struct.
> +
> +	Passed by reference.
> +
> +Ignored argument:
> +
> +	%pn
> +
> +	The argument passed will be ignored.
> +
>  Thank you for your cooperation and attention.
> 
> 
> diff --git a/lib/vsprintf.c b/lib/vsprintf.c
> index becd87facf48..9ab68775b840 100644
> --- a/lib/vsprintf.c
> +++ b/lib/vsprintf.c
> @@ -1463,7 +1463,10 @@ int kptr_restrict __read_mostly;
>   * - 'Cn' For a clock, it prints the name (Common Clock Framework) 
> or address
>   *        (legacy clock framework) of the clock
>   * - 'Cr' For a clock, it prints the current rate of the clock
> - * - 'T' task_struct->comm
> + * - 'T' For task_struct->comm
> + * - 'n' For ignored argument
> + *
> + * ** Please update Documentation/printk-formats.txt when making 
> changes **
>   *
>   * Note: The difference between 'S' and 'F' is that on ia64 and 
> ppc64
>   * function pointers are really function descriptors, which contain 
> a
> @@ -1829,41 +1832,11 @@ qualifier:
>   * @fmt: The format string to use
>   * @args: Arguments for the format string
>   *
> - * This function follows C99 vsnprintf, but has some extensions:
> - * %pS output the name of a text symbol with offset
> - * %ps output the name of a text symbol without offset
> - * %pF output the name of a function pointer with its offset
> - * %pf output the name of a function pointer without its offset
> - * %pB output the name of a backtrace symbol with its offset
> - * %pR output the address range in a struct resource with decoded 
> flags
> - * %pr output the address range in a struct resource with raw flags
> - * %pb output the bitmap with field width as the number of bits
> - * %pbl output the bitmap as range list with field width as the 
> number of bits
> - * %pM output a 6-byte MAC address with colons
> - * %pMR output a 6-byte MAC address with colons in reversed order
> - * %pMF output a 6-byte MAC address with dashes
> - * %pm output a 6-byte MAC address without colons
> - * %pmR output a 6-byte MAC address without colons in reversed order
> - * %pI4 print an IPv4 address without leading zeros
> - * %pi4 print an IPv4 address with leading zeros
> - * %pI6 print an IPv6 address with colons
> - * %pi6 print an IPv6 address without colons
> - * %pI6c print an IPv6 address as specified by RFC 5952
> - * %pIS depending on sa_family of 'struct sockaddr *' print 
> IPv4/IPv6 address
> - * %piS depending on sa_family of 'struct sockaddr *' print 
> IPv4/IPv6 address
> - * %pU[bBlL] print a UUID/GUID in big or little endian using lower 
> or upper
> - *   case.
> - * %*pE[achnops] print an escaped buffer
> - * %*ph[CDN] a variable-length hex string with a separator (supports 
> up to 64
> - *           bytes of the input)
> - * %pC output the name (Common Clock Framework) or address (legacy 
> clock
> - *     framework) of a clock
> - * %pCn output the name (Common Clock Framework) or address (legacy 
> clock
> - *      framework) of a clock
> - * %pCr output the current rate of a clock
> - * %n is ignored
> + * This function follows C99 vsnprintf, but has some extensions. 
>  See
> + * pointer() or Documentation/printk-formats.txt for all format
> + * specifiers.
>   *
> - * ** Please update Documentation/printk-formats.txt when making 
> changes **
> + * ** Please update the documentation when making changes **
>   *
>   * The return value is the number of characters which would
>   * be generated for the given input, excluding the trailing

-- 
Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Intel Finland Oy
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