Re: [PATCH v4 4/7] lib/hexdump.c: Replace ascii bool in hex_dump_to_buffer with flags

From: Alastair D'Silva
Date: Tue Jun 25 2019 - 01:06:44 EST


On Mon, 2019-06-24 at 22:01 -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Tue, 2019-06-25 at 13:17 +1000, Alastair D'Silva wrote:
> > From: Alastair D'Silva <alastair@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > In order to support additional features, rename hex_dump_to_buffer
> > to
> > hex_dump_to_buffer_ext, and replace the ascii bool parameter with
> > flags.
> []
> > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_engine_cs.c
> > b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_engine_cs.c
> []
> > @@ -1338,9 +1338,8 @@ 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));
> > + rowsize, sizeof(u32),
> > line,
> > + sizeof(line)) >=
> > sizeof(line));
>
> Huh? Why do this?
>
> > diff --git a/drivers/isdn/hardware/mISDN/mISDNisar.c
> > b/drivers/isdn/hardware/mISDN/mISDNisar.c
> []
> > @@ -70,8 +70,9 @@ send_mbox(struct isar_hw *isar, u8 his, u8 creg,
> > u8 len, u8 *msg)
> > int l = 0;
> >
> > while (l < (int)len) {
> > - hex_dump_to_buffer(msg + l, len - l,
> > 32, 1,
> > - isar->log, 256, 1);
> > + hex_dump_to_buffer_ext(msg + l, len -
> > l, 32, 1,
> > + isar->log, 256,
> > + HEXDUMP_ASCII);
>
> Again, why do any of these?
>
> The point of the wrapper is to avoid changing these.
>
>

The change actions Jani's suggestion:
https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/6/20/343


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