RE: [PATCH v5 2/4] lib/vsprintf.c: make '%pD' print the full path of file

From: Justin He
Date: Thu Jun 24 2021 - 05:01:52 EST


Hi Petr

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Petr Mladek <pmladek@xxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2021 4:47 PM
> To: Justin He <Justin.He@xxxxxxx>
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> Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 2/4] lib/vsprintf.c: make '%pD' print the full path
> of file
>
> On Wed 2021-06-23 03:14:33, Justin He wrote:
> > Hi Andy
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2021 10:40 PM
> > > To: Justin He <Justin.He@xxxxxxx>
> > > Cc: Petr Mladek <pmladek@xxxxxxxx>; Steven Rostedt
> <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>;
> > > Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@xxxxxxxxxxxx>; Rasmus Villemoes
> > > <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>; Alexander
> > > Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-
> > > foundation.org>; Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Eric
> > > Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>; Ahmed S. Darwish
> <a.darwish@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>;
> > > linux-doc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-
> > > fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>;
> Christoph
> > > Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; nd <nd@xxxxxxx>
> > > Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 2/4] lib/vsprintf.c: make '%pD' print the full
> path
> > > of file
> > >
> > > On Tue, Jun 22, 2021 at 10:06:32PM +0800, Jia He wrote:
> > > > Previously, the specifier '%pD' is for printing dentry name of struct
> > > > file. It may not be perfect (by default it only prints one component.)
> > > >
> > > > As suggested by Linus [1]:
> > >
> > > Citing is better looked when you shift right it by two white spaces.
> >
> > Okay, I plan to cite it with "> "
>
> My understanding is that Andy suggested to omit '>' and prefix it by
> plain two spaces " ". It would look better to me as well.

Okay, got it


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Cheers,
Justin (Jia He)