On Wednesday, July 09, 2014 at 05:24:26 PM, Andy Shevchenko wrote: > The new seq_hex_dump() is a complete analogue of print_hex_dump(). > > We have few users of this functionality already. It allows to reduce their > codebase. > > Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > fs/seq_file.c | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > include/linux/seq_file.h | 4 ++++ > 2 files changed, 39 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/fs/seq_file.c b/fs/seq_file.c > index 3857b72..fec4a6b 100644 > --- a/fs/seq_file.c > +++ b/fs/seq_file.c > @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ > #include <linux/slab.h> > #include <linux/cred.h> > #include <linux/mm.h> > +#include <linux/printk.h> > > #include <asm/uaccess.h> > #include <asm/page.h> > @@ -794,6 +795,40 @@ void seq_pad(struct seq_file *m, char c) > } > EXPORT_SYMBOL(seq_pad); > > +/* Analogue of print_hex_dump() */ > +void seq_hex_dump(struct seq_file *m, const char *prefix_str, int > prefix_type, + int rowsize, int groupsize, const void *buf, size_t len, > + bool ascii) > +{ > + const u8 *ptr = buf; > + int i, linelen, remaining = len; > + unsigned char linebuf[32 * 3 + 2 + 32 + 1]; > + > + if (rowsize != 16 && rowsize != 32) > + rowsize = 16; > + > + for (i = 0; i < len; i += rowsize) { > + linelen = min(remaining, rowsize); > + remaining -= rowsize; > + > + hex_dump_to_buffer(ptr + i, linelen, rowsize, groupsize, > + linebuf, sizeof(linebuf), ascii); > + > + switch (prefix_type) { > + case DUMP_PREFIX_ADDRESS: > + seq_printf(m, "%s%p: %s\n", prefix_str, ptr + i, linebuf); > + break; > + case DUMP_PREFIX_OFFSET: > + seq_printf(m, "%s%.8x: %s\n", prefix_str, i, linebuf); > + break; > + default: > + seq_printf(m, "%s%s\n", prefix_str, linebuf); > + break; > + } > + } > +} > +EXPORT_SYMBOL(seq_hex_dump); The above function looks like almost verbatim copy of print_hex_dump(). The only difference I can spot is that it's calling seq_printf() instead of printk(). Can you not instead generalize print_hex_dump() and based on it's invocation, make it call either seq_printf() or printk() ? Best regards, -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html