On Sat, Jan 11, 2025 at 10:54:58AM +0100, Miquel Raynal wrote: > On 10/01/2025 at 19:39:30 GMT, David Laight <david.laight.linux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Fri, 10 Jan 2025 19:42:05 +0100 > > Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> When dumping long buffers (especially for debug purposes) it may be very > >> convenient to sometimes avoid spitting all the lines of the buffer if > >> the lines are identical. Typically on embedded devices, the console > >> would be wired to a UART running at 115200 bauds, which makes the dumps > >> very (very) slow. In this case, having a flag to avoid printing > >> duplicated lines is handy. > > ... > >> enum { > >> DUMP_FLAG_ASCII, > >> + DUMP_FLAG_SKIP_IDENTICAL_LINES, > >> }; > > ... > >> + if (flags & DUMP_FLAG_SKIP_IDENTICAL_LINES) { > > > > > > That doesn't look right to me. > > You want: > > enum { > > DUMP_FLAG_HEX_ONLY = false, > > DUMP_FLAG_ASCII = true, > > DUMP_FLAG_SKIP_IDENTICAL_LINES = BIT(1), > > }; > > > > and maybe you can get away with not changing all the other files. > > I'm a bit sad all the time spent on these changes will go to trash :), Oh, you can imagine my frustration when I contribute and it goes to trash. I have an experience with that kind of events :-) > they kind of looked "nicer", but for sure this approach would be > transparent. I can definitely try that. -- With Best Regards, Andy Shevchenko