Re: [RFC 5/6] lib: vsprintf: Add "%paP", "%padP" options

From	Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [RFC 5/6] lib: vsprintf: Add "%paP", "%padP" options
Date	2017-05-18 16:20 +0200
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On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 04:41:04PM +0200, Petr Mladek wrote:
> On Fri 2017-05-05 21:07:47, Greg KH wrote:
> > From: Chris Fries <cfries@google.com>
> > 
> > Add %paP and %padP for physical address that need to always be shown
> > regardless of kptr restrictions.
> > 
> > Cc: William Roberts <william.c.roberts@intel.com>
> > Cc: Dave Weinstein <olorin@google.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Chris Fries <cfries@google.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
> > ---
> >  Documentation/printk-formats.txt | 10 ++++++----
> >  lib/vsprintf.c                   | 12 +++++++++---
> >  2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 
> This patch should update also the section about
> kptr_restrict in Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt.
> It should mention that the trailing P allows to see
> pointers also for %pa, and %p[rR] formats when
> the level is 4.

Ah, good point, will do!

greg k-h

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Re: [RFC 5/6] lib: vsprintf: Add "%paP", "%padP" options Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com> - 2017-05-16 16:50 +0200
  Re: [RFC 5/6] lib: vsprintf: Add "%paP", "%padP" options Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> - 2017-05-18 16:20 +0200

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