Re: [PATCH next] tracing: Remove spurious default precision from show_event_trigger/filter formats
From: Aaron Tomlin
Date: Fri Mar 27 2026 - 09:59:13 EST
On Thu, Mar 26, 2026 at 08:18:24PM +0000, david.laight.linux@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: David Laight <david.laight.linux@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Change 2d8b7f9bf8e6e ("tracing: Have show_event_trigger/filter format a bit more in columns")
> added space padding to align the output.
> However it used ("%*.s", len, "") which requests the default precision.
> It doesn't matter here whether the userspace default (0) or kernel
> default (no precision) is used, but the format should be "%*s".
>
> Signed-off-by: David Laight <david.laight.linux@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> kernel/trace/trace_events.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
> index 249d1cba72c0..6b54c10f9ba4 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
> +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
> @@ -1718,7 +1718,7 @@ static int t_show_filters(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
>
> len = get_call_len(call);
>
> - seq_printf(m, "%s:%s%*.s%s\n", call->class->system,
> + seq_printf(m, "%s:%s%*s%s\n", call->class->system,
> trace_event_name(call), len, "", filter->filter_string);
>
> return 0;
> @@ -1750,7 +1750,7 @@ static int t_show_triggers(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
> len = get_call_len(call);
>
> list_for_each_entry_rcu(data, &file->triggers, list) {
> - seq_printf(m, "%s:%s%*.s", call->class->system,
> + seq_printf(m, "%s:%s%*s", call->class->system,
> trace_event_name(call), len, "");
>
> data->cmd_ops->print(m, data);
> --
> 2.39.5
>
LGTM.
Reviewed-by: Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Aaron Tomlin