Re: 2.6.22-rc2-mm1

[Randy Dunlap]

On Thu, 24 May 2007 14:29:08 -0700 Andrew Morton wrote:

> On Thu, 24 May 2007 14:20:03 -0700 (PDT)
> Christoph Lameter <clameter@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> >   Bytes b4 0xffff81000208f6b0:  55 db fe ff 00 00 00 00 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a UUpÿ....ZZZZZZZZ
> >     Object 0xffff81000208f6c0:  6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
> >     Object 0xffff81000208f6d0:  6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
> >     Object 0xffff81000208f6e0:  6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
> >     Object 0xffff81000208f6f0:  6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
> >     Object 0xffff81000208f700:  6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
> >     Object 0xffff81000208f710:  6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
> >     Object 0xffff81000208f720:  6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
> >     Object 0xffff81000208f730:  6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
> >    Redzone 0xffff81000208f8c0:  ab bb bb bb bb bb bb bb                         «»»»»»»»
> 
> can we do this with lib/hexdump.c rather than having a private implementation
> in slub?

This is pretty-printing.  and creature-feep.
But lib/hexdump.c can probably do this if we add a "prefix/tag" string
parameter to it.

Hugh D. wants it to print 32-bit quantities, not just bytes.
Yet another parameter.

I'll look into these unless Christoph et al does so first.

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~Randy
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