Re: [PATCH 3/4] lib/hexdump.c: Replace ascii bool in hex_dump_to_buffer with flags

[Petr Mladek]

On Wed 2019-04-10 13:17:19, Alastair D'Silva wrote:
> From: Alastair D'Silva <alastair@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> In order to support additional features in hex_dump_to_buffer, replace
> the ascii bool parameter with flags.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alastair D'Silva <alastair@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_engine_cs.c            |  2 +-
>  drivers/isdn/hardware/mISDN/mISDNisar.c           |  6 ++++--
>  drivers/mailbox/mailbox-test.c                    |  2 +-
>  drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-drv.c          |  2 +-
>  drivers/net/ethernet/synopsys/dwc-xlgmac-common.c |  2 +-
>  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/debug.c           |  3 ++-
>  drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlegacy/3945-mac.c    |  2 +-
>  drivers/platform/chrome/wilco_ec/debugfs.c        |  3 ++-
>  drivers/scsi/scsi_logging.c                       |  8 +++-----
>  drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft-core.c                |  2 +-
>  fs/seq_file.c                                     |  3 ++-
>  include/linux/printk.h                            |  2 +-
>  lib/hexdump.c                                     | 15 ++++++++-------
>  lib/test_hexdump.c                                |  5 +++--
>  14 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_engine_cs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_engine_cs.c
> index 49fa43ff02ba..fb133e729f9a 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_engine_cs.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_engine_cs.c
> @@ -1318,7 +1318,7 @@ static void hexdump(struct drm_printer *m, const void *buf, size_t len)
>  		WARN_ON_ONCE(hex_dump_to_buffer(buf + pos, len - pos,
>  						rowsize, sizeof(u32),
>  						line, sizeof(line),
> -						false) >= sizeof(line));
> +						0) >= sizeof(line));

It might be more clear when we define:

#define HEXDUMP_BINARY 0

>  		drm_printf(m, "[%04zx] %s\n", pos, line);
>  
>  		prev = buf + pos;
> diff --git a/include/linux/printk.h b/include/linux/printk.h
> index c014e5573665..82975853c400 100644
> --- a/include/linux/printk.h
> +++ b/include/linux/printk.h
> @@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ enum {
>  
>  extern int hex_dump_to_buffer(const void *buf, size_t len, int rowsize,
>  			      int groupsize, char *linebuf, size_t linebuflen,
> -			      bool ascii);
> +			      u64 flags);

I wonder how fancy hex_dump could be. IMHO, u32 should be enough.
The last famous words ;-)

Best Regards,
Petr