Hi Luca,
On Fri, 7 Mar 2025 at 12:19, Luca Ceresoli <luca.ceresoli@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> %pC and %pCn print the same string, and commit 900cca294425 ("lib/vsprintf:
> add %pC{,n,r} format specifiers for clocks") introducing them does not
> clarify any intended difference. It can be assumed %pC is a default for
> %pCn as some other specifiers do, but not all are consistent with this
> policy. Moreover there is now no other suffix other than 'n', which makes a
> default not really useful.
The original intention was indeed to serve as a default, like some
other formats also have ("%pa[p]", %pOF[f]").
> All users in the kernel were using %pC except for one which has been
> converted. So now remove %pCn and all the unnecessary extra code and
> documentation.
>
> Signed-off-by: Luca Ceresoli <luca.ceresoli@xxxxxxxxxxx>
I guess this is a worthwhile cleanup.
Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx>
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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