[PATCH v2 0/2] hexdump: minimize the output width of address and offset

From: thunder . leizhen
Date: Mon Aug 07 2023 - 22:42:09 EST


From: Zhen Lei <thunder.leizhen@xxxxxxxxxx>

v1 --> v2:
1. Move the code for calculating the output width of the offset into
the case DUMP_PREFIX_OFFSET.
2. Add Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

v1:
The dump prefix is added to facilitate the reading of the dumped memory.
However, if the prefix content is too repeated or redundant, the readability
is reduced, and the ring buffer becomes full quickly and other prints are
overwritten.

For example: (DUMP_PREFIX_OFFSET)
Before:
dump_size=36:
00000000: c0 ba 8c 80 00 80 ff ff 6c 93 ee 2f ee bf ff ff
00000010: 00 50 1e 98 ff 27 ff ff 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
00000020: 80 ca 2f 98

After:
dump_size=36:
00: c0 3a 91 80 00 80 ff ff 6c 93 ae 76 30 ce ff ff
10: 00 60 cd 60 7d 4e ff ff 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
20: 40 9e 29 40


Zhen Lei (2):
hexdump: minimize the output width of the offset
hexdump: add a new dump prefix DUMP_PREFIX_ADDRESS_LOW16

include/linux/printk.h | 1 +
lib/hexdump.c | 16 ++++++++++++++--
2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

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