Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753342AbZDOP0s (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:26:48 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750966AbZDOP0j (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:26:39 -0400 Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com ([72.14.220.156]:59149 "EHLO fg-out-1718.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752208AbZDOP0i (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:26:38 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; b=Nv22cslZ16g16HDibQTDGPAJYwJ2r02jPnoZivfubwVx8Vk/EG+X136RItuY7tagbg vjItlckQlY/q6eTq7ZTMJ29qm6xbosBoyWNi6ZfBkQzb8gmVSSjJi7EFWyqTCPUANk+7 ut3bbbMAwBWLnRoUQlKDUfU+WuLVGWW542o3I= Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:26:33 +0200 From: Frederic Weisbecker To: Zhaolei Cc: Ingo Molnar , Steven Rostedt , Tom Zanussi , Li Zefan , LKML , Andrew Morton Subject: Re: [PATCH] vsprintf: introduce %pf Message-ID: <20090415152632.GA5989@nowhere> References: <1239753659-11790-1-git-send-email-fweisbec@gmail.com> <49E53F22.8080501@cn.fujitsu.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <49E53F22.8080501@cn.fujitsu.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 4809 Lines: 122 On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 09:57:54AM +0800, Zhaolei wrote: > Frederic Weisbecker wrote: > > If I remember well, a format which could let us to print a pure > > function name has been suggested by Andrew Morton some monthes ago. > > > > The current %pF is very convenient to print a function symbol, but > > often we only want to print the name of the function, without > > its asm offset. > > > > That's what does %pf in this patch. > > The lowecase f has been chosen for its intuitive sense of a weak kind > > of %pF > > > > The support for this new format would be welcome for the tracing tree > > where the need to print pure function names is often needed and also > > on other parts: > > > > $ git-grep -E "kallsyms_lookup\(.+?\)" > > arch/blackfin/kernel/traps.c: symname = kallsyms_lookup(address, &symsize, &offset, &modname, namebuf); > > arch/powerpc/xmon/xmon.c: name = kallsyms_lookup(pc, &size, &offset, NULL, tmpstr); > > arch/sh/kernel/cpu/sh5/unwind.c: sym = kallsyms_lookup(pc, NULL, &offset, NULL, namebuf); > > arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c: kallsyms_lookup((unsigned long) syscall, NULL, NULL, NULL, str); > > kernel/kprobes.c: sym = kallsyms_lookup((unsigned long)p->addr, NULL, > > kernel/lockdep.c: return kallsyms_lookup((unsigned long)key, NULL, NULL, NULL, str); > > kernel/trace/ftrace.c: kallsyms_lookup(rec->ip, NULL, NULL, NULL, str); > > kernel/trace/ftrace.c: kallsyms_lookup(rec->ip, NULL, NULL, NULL, str); > > kernel/trace/ftrace.c: kallsyms_lookup((unsigned long)rec->ops->func, NULL, NULL, NULL, str); > > kernel/trace/ftrace.c: kallsyms_lookup(rec->ip, NULL, NULL, NULL, str); > > kernel/trace/ftrace.c: kallsyms_lookup(rec->ip, NULL, NULL, NULL, str); > > kernel/trace/ftrace.c: kallsyms_lookup(rec->ip, NULL, NULL, &modname, str); > > kernel/trace/ftrace.c: kallsyms_lookup(*ptr, NULL, NULL, NULL, str); > > kernel/trace/trace_functions.c: kallsyms_lookup(ip, NULL, NULL, NULL, str); > > kernel/trace/trace_output.c: kallsyms_lookup(address, NULL, NULL, NULL, str); > > > > Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker > > Cc: Andrew Morton > > --- > > lib/vsprintf.c | 13 +++++++++---- > > 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/lib/vsprintf.c b/lib/vsprintf.c > > index b56f6d0..15c9094 100644 > > --- a/lib/vsprintf.c > > +++ b/lib/vsprintf.c > > @@ -575,12 +575,15 @@ static char *string(char *buf, char *end, char *s, struct printf_spec spec) > > } > > > > static char *symbol_string(char *buf, char *end, void *ptr, > > - struct printf_spec spec) > > + struct printf_spec spec, char ext) > > { > > unsigned long value = (unsigned long) ptr; > > #ifdef CONFIG_KALLSYMS > > char sym[KSYM_SYMBOL_LEN]; > > - sprint_symbol(sym, value); > > + if (ext != 'f') > > + sprint_symbol(sym, value); > > + else > > + kallsyms_lookup(value, NULL, NULL, NULL, sym); > > return string(buf, end, sym, spec); > > #else > > spec.field_width = 2*sizeof(void *); > > @@ -692,7 +695,8 @@ static char *ip4_addr_string(char *buf, char *end, u8 *addr, > > * > > * Right now we handle: > > * > > - * - 'F' For symbolic function descriptor pointers > > + * - 'F' For symbolic function descriptor pointers with asm offset > > + * - 'f' For simple function symbol > Hello, Frederic > > Good patch. > > But is it necessary to add some explain of '%pf' in bstr_printf() and > vsnprintf() as: > /* > ... > * %pS output the name of a text symbol > - * %pF output the name of a function pointer > + * %pf output the name of a function pointer > + * %pF output the name of a function pointer with asm offset > * %pR output the address range in a struct resource > ... > */ > For programmers tend to find manual in comment of vsnprintf() instead of > pointer(). Ah indeed! I will update the patch with your comment. Thanks, Frederic. > Thanks > Zhaolei > > > * - 'S' For symbolic direct pointers > > * - 'R' For a struct resource pointer, it prints the range of > > * addresses (not the name nor the flags) > > @@ -715,10 +719,11 @@ static char *pointer(const char *fmt, char *buf, char *end, void *ptr, > > > > switch (*fmt) { > > case 'F': > > + case 'f': > > ptr = dereference_function_descriptor(ptr); > > /* Fallthrough */ > > case 'S': > > - return symbol_string(buf, end, ptr, spec); > > + return symbol_string(buf, end, ptr, spec, *fmt); > > case 'R': > > return resource_string(buf, end, ptr, spec); > > case 'm': > > -- 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/