On Wed 2021-03-24 15:28:43, Stephen Boyd wrote: > Quoting Rasmus Villemoes (2021-03-24 15:21:34) > > On 24/03/2021 20.11, Stephen Boyd wrote: > > > Quoting Rasmus Villemoes (2021-03-24 02:57:13) > > > > >> > > >> Is there any reason you didn't just make b an optional flag that could > > >> be specified with or without R? I suppose the parsing is more difficult > > >> with several orthogonal flags (see escaped_string()), but it's a little > > >> easier to understand. Dunno, it's not like we're gonna think of 10 other > > >> things that could be printed for a symbol, so perhaps it's fine. > > >> > > > > > > I think I follow. So %pSb or %pSRb? If it's easier to understand then > > > sure. I was trying to avoid checking another character beyond fmt[1] but > > > it should be fine if fmt[1] is already 'R'. > > I'm inclined to use %pSb and %pSRb. The code looks to simpler and I > suppose we can worry about different ordering/combination problems if it > comes to it. > > ---8<--- > diff --git a/lib/vsprintf.c b/lib/vsprintf.c > index 41ddc353ebb8..0e94cba5ba20 100644 > --- a/lib/vsprintf.c > +++ b/lib/vsprintf.c > @@ -968,6 +968,8 @@ char *symbol_string(char *buf, char *end, void *ptr, > #ifdef CONFIG_KALLSYMS > if (*fmt == 'B') > sprint_backtrace(sym, value); > + else if (*fmt == 'S' && (fmt[1] == 'b' || (fmt[1] == 'R' && fmt[2] == 'b'))) > + sprint_symbol_stacktrace(sym, value); > else if (*fmt != 's') > sprint_symbol(sym, value); > else I prefer the extra "b" flag as well. It helps me to understand and memorize[*] the meaning. [*] at least short-time memorize ;-) Best Regards, Petr