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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 01/21] lib/vsprintf: Print time and date in human
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From:   Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
To:     Rasmus Villemoes <rasmus.villemoes@prevas.dk>,
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Date:   Wed, 21 Feb 2018 15:23:30 +0200
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On Wed, 2018-02-21 at 08:38 +0100, Rasmus Villemoes wrote:
> On 2018-02-21 00:55, Joe Perches wrote:
> > On Tue, 2018-02-20 at 23:43 +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > > There are users which print time and date represented by content
> > > of
> > > struct rtc_time in human readable format.
> > > 
> > > Instead of open coding that each time introduce %ptR[dt][rv]
> > > specifier.
> > > 
> > > Note, users have to select PRINTK_PEXT_TIMEDATE option in a
> > > Kconfig.
> > 
> > Not sure this is a great option.
> > Not just the name, the need to select it.
> 
> Bikeshedding first: If you do keep the config option, please use
> PRINTF,
> not PRINTK - vsprintf can be and is used by lots of code other than
> printk.

OK.

> Well, on the one hand, I like to reduce the size of the kernel when
> possible and ideally make all new functionality guarded by config
> options, but OTOH, how much does compiling out the datetime formatters
> really save?

https://lists.01.org/pipermail/kbuild-all/2017-June/034950.html

I understand that half a year time allows us to increase kernel text
size by 750+ bytes unconditionally.

I would really like to not use any option.

>  Also, I agree with Joe's concern about the need to select
> it.

So, what exactly you are proposing?

>  Maybe if we had a gcc plugin that did %pFOO validation it could also
> warn about %pBAR being used without a corresponding config option
> being
> set. But we don't have that currently...

We have not, so, it's out of scope. If it's a big impediment, then I'm
not the guy who will do the job.

-- 
Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
Intel Finland Oy