Re: [PATCH 3/3] Bluetooth: Remove batostr()

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Hi Marcel,

On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 11:54 AM, Marcel Holtmann <marcel@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Ulisses,
>
>> > batostr() is not used anywhere and I don't see any reason why we should
>> > keep it. Use ba2str() instead.
>> >
>> > Signed-off-by: David Herrmann <dh.herrmann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > ---
>> >  include/net/bluetooth/bluetooth.h |    1 -
>> >  net/bluetooth/lib.c               |   14 --------------
>> >  2 files changed, 15 deletions(-)
>>
>> The patchset looks good to me. I'm also not sure we need another
>> specifier for snprintf().
>>
>> Given we had static buffers instead of allocating them in the stack
>> every time it'd be good to hear from Marcel if we had a reason and if
>> it's still valid. IMO we don't have problems with stack usage in our
>> code paths now but I haven't actually checked it.
>
> that code is most likely 11+ years old. It is actually not from me. So
> if you wanna know why, you need to track down Max.
>
> Using %pM and baswap seems to be the best approach for fixing this right
> now. However I am not against introducing a snprintf modifier for
> Bluetooth addresses.

I see. Ok, makes sense. David or Andrei? Will any of you guys send a patch?

Regards,

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