Re: [PATCH] vsprintf: avoid misleading "(null)" for %px

[Petr Mladek]

On Thu 2018-02-08 17:29:14, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 7, 2018 at 5:41 PM, Petr Mladek <pmladek@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Wed 2018-02-07 16:11:13, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> 
> > To make it clear. I was talking about "%p" format that is handled
> > in the pointer() function in lib/vsprintf.c. The "(null)" makes
> > sense only for the many modifiers that do deference of
> > the pointer, e.g. "%pa", "%pE", "%ph".
> 
> JFYI: I have a patch to eliminate those for %pE & %ph.
>
> Google for "lib/vsprintf: Remove useless NULL checks" as a first in
> the series for new extension to print times.

I am slightly confused. IMHO, it makes sense to printk "(null)"
for %pE and %ph.

Or do you just want to avoid the duplicit check in hex_string()
and escaped_string()?

Well, it might be better to discuss this once you send the patch.

> I just need time to address comments and resend the series.

Good to know.

Best Regards,
Petr