Re: [PATCH] [SCSI] osd: fix signed char versus %02x issue

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Thu Dec 10 2015 - 14:10:25 EST


On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 8:15 PM, Martin K. Petersen
<martin.petersen@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>> "Rasmus" == Rasmus Villemoes <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> Rasmus> If char is signed and one of these bytes happen to have a value
> Rasmus> outside the ascii range, the corresponding output will consist
> Rasmus> of "ffffff" followed by the two hex chars that were actually
> Rasmus> intended. One way to fix it would be to change the casts to
> Rasmus> (u8*) aka (unsigned char*), but it is much simpler (and
> Rasmus> generates smaller code) to use the %ph extension which was
> Rasmus> created for such short hexdumps.
>
> Applied to 4.5/scsi-queue.

How fast!

Martin, I have several patches on SCSI subsytem like this one. Some of
them didn't manage kernel (even having Ack!) for years already.
Is it okay if I collect them together and send a bunch once again Cc'ing you?

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko
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