Re: [PATCH 2/3] printf: Add print format (%pra) for struct range

[Ira Weiny]

Dan Williams wrote:
> Ira Weiny wrote:

[snip]

> > diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/printk-formats.rst b/Documentation/core-api/printk-formats.rst
> > index 14e093da3ccd..e1ebf0376154 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/core-api/printk-formats.rst
> > +++ b/Documentation/core-api/printk-formats.rst
> > @@ -231,6 +231,19 @@ width of the CPU data path.
> >  
> >  Passed by reference.
> >  
> > +Struct Range
> > +------------
> > +
> > +::
> > +
> > +	%pra    [range 0x0000000060000000-0x000000006fffffff]
> > +	%pra    [range 0x0000000060000000]
> > +
> > +For printing struct range.  struct range holds an arbitrary range of u64
> > +values.  If start is equal to end only print the start value.
> 
> I was going to say "why this special case that does not exist for the
> %pr case?", but then checked the code and found it *does* do this for %pr.
> So if you're going to document this special case for %pra might as well
> update the documentation for %pr too.
> 
> Alternatively, drop the new %pra documentation for this corner case as
> accommodating the U64_MAX size range case is arguably a mistake in the
> caller.
> 
> Either way, just make it consistent.

I've dropped the special case in the documentation.
Ira