Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964884AbWARDQf (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Jan 2006 22:16:35 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S964885AbWARDQf (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Jan 2006 22:16:35 -0500 Received: from omx2-ext.sgi.com ([192.48.171.19]:54248 "EHLO omx2.sgi.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964884AbWARDQe (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Jan 2006 22:16:34 -0500 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.7.0 06/18/2004 with nmh-1.1-RC1 From: Keith Owens To: Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com> cc: Andi Kleen , Arjan van de Ven , Jesper Juhl , Christoph Hellwig , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Akinobu Mita , Hugh Dickins Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] compact print_symbol() output In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 17 Jan 2006 22:05:27 CDT." <200601172208_MC3-1-B612-EE86@compuserve.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 14:15:52 +1100 Message-ID: <7483.1137554152@kao2.melbourne.sgi.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1511 Lines: 40 Chuck Ebbert (on Tue, 17 Jan 2006 22:05:27 -0500) wrote: >In-Reply-To: <200601171601.52995.ak@suse.de> > >On Tue, 17 Jan 2006 at 16:01:52 +0100, Andi Kleen wrote: > >> On Tuesday 17 January 2006 16:01, Hugh Dickins wrote: >> >> > I've often found symbolsize useful. Not when looking at an oops >> > from my own machine. But when looking at an oops posted on LKML, >> > from someone who most likely has a different .config and different >> > compiler, different optimization and different inlining from mine. >> > symbolsize is a good clue as to how close their kernel is to the >> > one I've got built on my machine, how likely guesses I make based >> > on mine will apply to theirs, and whereabouts in the function that >> > it oopsed. >> >> Yes that is why I want it too. > >OK, how about this: remove the "0x" from the function size, i.e. print: > > kernel_symbol+0xd3/10e > >instead of: > > kernel_symbol+0xd3/0x10e > >This saves two characters per symbol and it should still be clear that >the second number is hexadecimal. > >Does that break any tools? Not, just CONFUSE-A-HUMAN (incorporating AMAZE-A-VOLE LTD, STUN-A-STOAT LTD, PUZZLE-A-PUMA LTD, STARTLE-A-THOMPSON'S GAZELLE LTD, BEWILDEREBEEST INC, DISTRACT-A-BEE). Yes, I need a life. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/