Re: [PATCH] tracing: Verify event formats that have "%*p.."
From: Libo Chen
Date: Thu Mar 27 2025 - 17:35:41 EST
On 3/27/25 14:20, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Thu, 27 Mar 2025 14:00:44 -0700
> Libo Chen <libo.chen@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>> Ah yeah. I'll update. Note, this isn't going to go into the kernel until at
>>> least 6.16.
>>>
>>
>> Okay thanks for the note. I will stick to %lx for now and change it to %*pbl
>> once this gets in.
>
> This shouldn't be a blocker for you. Do you get any errors?
>
> Hmm, if this causes bugs (perhaps you have arguments after the %*pbl) then
> I can add this as a fix and not an enhancement.
Not sure if I will call it an error. But without this patch, I will just get
"nil" when using %*p so this information is lost here. If I go ahead with
%*pbl, nodemask value will not show up in the trace until this one is merged.
Libo
>
> -- Steve