Re: [PATCH] of: Custom printk format specifier for device node

From: Joe Perches
Date: Wed Jan 21 2015 - 12:37:39 EST


On Wed, 2015-01-21 at 19:06 +0200, Pantelis Antoniou wrote:
> 90% of the usage of device node's full_name is printing it out
> in a kernel message. Preparing for the eventual delayed allocation
> introduce a custom printk format specifier that is both more
> compact and more pleasant to the eye.
>
> For instance typical use is:
> pr_info("Frobbing node %s\n", node->full_name);
>
> Which can be written now as:
> pr_info("Frobbing node %pO\n", node);

Still disliking use of %p0.

> More fine-grained control of formatting includes printing the name,
> flag, path-spec name, reference count and others, explained in the
> documentation entry.
>
> Signed-off-by: Pantelis Antoniou <pantelis.antoniou@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> dt-print
> ---
> Documentation/printk-formats.txt | 29 ++++++++
> lib/vsprintf.c | 151 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 2 files changed, 180 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/printk-formats.txt b/Documentation/printk-formats.txt
> index 5a615c1..2d42c04 100644
> --- a/Documentation/printk-formats.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/printk-formats.txt
> @@ -231,6 +231,35 @@ struct va_format:
> Do not use this feature without some mechanism to verify the
> correctness of the format string and va_list arguments.
>
> +Device tree nodes:
> +
> + %pO[fnpPcCFr]
> +
> + For printing device tree nodes. The optional arguments are:
> + f device node full_name
> + n device node name
> + p device node phandle
> + P device node path spec (name + @unit)
> + F device node flags
> + c major compatible string
> + C full compatible string
> + r node reference count
> + Without any arguments prints full_name (same as %pOf)
> + The separator when using multiple arguments is '|'
> +
> + Examples:
> +
> + %pO /foo/bar@0 - Node full name
> + %pOf /foo/bar@0 - Same as above
> + %pOfp /foo/bar@0|10 - Node full name + phandle
> + %pOfcF /foo/bar@0|foo,device|--P- - Node full name +
> + major compatible string +
> + node flags
> + D - dynamic
> + d - detached
> + P - Populated
> + B - Populated bus
> +
> u64 SHOULD be printed with %llu/%llx:
>
> printk("%llu", u64_var);
> diff --git a/lib/vsprintf.c b/lib/vsprintf.c
[]

Add #ifdef back ?

> +static noinline_for_stack
> +char *device_node_string(char *buf, char *end, struct device_node *dn,
> + struct printf_spec spec, const char *fmt)
> +{
> + char tbuf[sizeof("xxxxxxxxxx") + 1];
> + const char *fmtp, *p;
> + int len, ret, i, j, pass;
> + char c;
> +
> + if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_OF))
> + return string(buf, end, "(!OF)", spec);

Not very descriptive output, maybe the address would be better.

> +
> + if ((unsigned long)dn < PAGE_SIZE)
> + return string(buf, end, "(null)", spec);
> +
> + /* simple case without anything any more format specifiers */
> + if (fmt[1] == '\0' || isspace(fmt[1]))
> + fmt = "Of";

why lower case here but upper case above?

> +
> + len = 0;
> +
> + /* two passes; the first calculates length, the second fills in */
> + for (pass = 1; pass <= 2; pass++) {
> + if (pass == 2 && !(spec.flags & LEFT)) {
> + /* padding */
> + while (len < spec.field_width--) {
> + if (buf < end)
> + *buf = ' ';
> + ++buf;
> + }
> + }
> +#undef _HANDLE_CH
> +#define _HANDLE_CH(_ch) \
> + do { \
> + if (pass == 1) \
> + len++; \
> + else \
> + if (buf < end) \
> + *buf++ = (_ch); \
> + } while (0)
> +#undef _HANDLE_STR
> +#define _HANDLE_STR(_str) \
> + do { \
> + const char *str = (_str); \
> + if (pass == 1) \
> + len += strlen(str); \
> + else \
> + while (*str && buf < end) \
> + *buf++ = *str++; \
> + } while (0)

This isn't pretty. Perhaps there's a better way?

> +
> + for (fmtp = fmt + 1, j = 0; (c = *fmtp++) != '\0'; ) {
> + switch (c) {
> + case 'f': /* full_name */
> + if (j++ > 0)
> + _HANDLE_CH(':');
> + _HANDLE_STR(of_node_full_name(dn));
> + break;
> + case 'n': /* name */
> + if (j++ > 0)
> + _HANDLE_CH('|');
> + _HANDLE_STR(dn->name);
> + break;
> + case 'p': /* phandle */
> + if (j++ > 0)
> + _HANDLE_CH('|');
> + snprintf(tbuf, sizeof(tbuf), "%u",
> + (unsigned int)dn->phandle);
> + _HANDLE_STR(tbuf);
> + break;
> + case 'P': /* path-spec */
> + if (j++ > 0)
> + _HANDLE_CH('|');
> + _HANDLE_STR(dn->name);
> + /* need to tack on the @ postfix */
> + p = strchr(of_node_full_name(dn), '@');
> + if (p)
> + _HANDLE_STR(p);
> + break;
> + case 'F': /* flags */
> + if (j++ > 0)
> + _HANDLE_CH('|');
> + snprintf(tbuf, sizeof(tbuf), "%c%c%c%c",
> + of_node_check_flag(dn, OF_DYNAMIC) ?
> + 'D' : '-',
> + of_node_check_flag(dn, OF_DETACHED) ?
> + 'd' : '-',
> + of_node_check_flag(dn, OF_POPULATED) ?
> + 'P' : '-',
> + of_node_check_flag(dn,
> + OF_POPULATED_BUS) ? 'B' : '-');
> + _HANDLE_STR(tbuf);
> + break;
> + case 'c': /* major compatible string */
> + if (j++ > 0)
> + _HANDLE_CH('|');
> + ret = of_property_read_string(dn, "compatible",
> + &p);
> + if (ret == 0)
> + _HANDLE_STR(p);
> + break;
> + case 'C': /* full compatible string */
> + if (j++ > 0)
> + _HANDLE_CH('|');
> + i = 0;
> + while (of_property_read_string_index(dn,
> + "compatible", i, &p) == 0) {
> + if (i == 0)
> + _HANDLE_STR("\"");
> + else
> + _HANDLE_STR("\",\"");
> + _HANDLE_STR(p);
> + i++;
> + }
> + if (i > 0)
> + _HANDLE_STR("\"");
> + break;
> + case 'r': /* node reference count */
> + if (j++ > 0)
> + _HANDLE_CH('|');
> + snprintf(tbuf, sizeof(tbuf), "%u",
> + atomic_read(&dn->kobj.kref.refcount));
> + _HANDLE_STR(tbuf);
> + break;
> + default:
> + break;
> + }
> + }
> + }
> + /* finish up */
> + while (buf < end && len < spec.field_width--)
> + *buf++ = ' ';
> +#undef _HANDLE_CH
> +#undef _HANDLE_STR


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