Re: [PATCH] of: Custom printk format specifier for device node

From: Måns Rullgård
Date: Wed Jan 21 2015 - 12:59:43 EST


Pantelis Antoniou <panto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Hi Joe,
>
>> On Jan 21, 2015, at 19:37 , Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, 2015-01-21 at 19:06 +0200, Pantelis Antoniou wrote:
>>> 90% of the usage of device node's full_name is printing it out
>>> in a kernel message. Preparing for the eventual delayed allocation
>>> introduce a custom printk format specifier that is both more
>>> compact and more pleasant to the eye.
>>>
>>> For instance typical use is:
>>> pr_info("Frobbing node %s\n", node->full_name);
>>>
>>> Which can be written now as:
>>> pr_info("Frobbing node %pO\n", node);
>>
>> Still disliking use of %p0.
>>
>
> Choices are limited. And itâs pO not p0.

O as in OF. Makes sense.

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