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

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Hi Ulisses,

On Tue, May 08, 2012 at 03:11:01PM -0300, Ulisses Furquim wrote:
> >> > 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?

I think that adding print specifier is the best option, we can apply old
patch from Joe Perches.

Best regards 
Andrei Emeltchenko 

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