On 9 September 2015 at 15:27, Matt Fleming <matt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, 27 Aug, at 02:11:29AM, Taku Izumi wrote: >> Now efi_md_typeattr_format() outputs "RUN" if passed EFI memory >> descriptor has EFI_MEMORY_RUNTIME attribute. But "RT" is preferer >> because it is shorter and clearer. >> >> This patch changes abbreviation of EFI_MEMORY_RUNTIME from "RUN" >> to "RT". >> >> Suggested-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@xxxxxxxxxx> >> Signed-off-by: Taku Izumi <izumi.taku@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> --- >> drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c | 4 ++-- >> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) >> >> diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c >> index 8124078..25b6477 100644 >> --- a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c >> +++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c >> @@ -594,8 +594,8 @@ char * __init efi_md_typeattr_format(char *buf, size_t size, >> snprintf(pos, size, "|attr=0x%016llx]", >> (unsigned long long)attr); >> else >> - snprintf(pos, size, "|%3s|%2s|%2s|%2s|%2s|%3s|%2s|%2s|%2s|%2s]", >> - attr & EFI_MEMORY_RUNTIME ? "RUN" : "", >> + snprintf(pos, size, "|%2s|%2s|%2s|%2s|%2s|%3s|%2s|%2s|%2s|%2s]", >> + attr & EFI_MEMORY_RUNTIME ? "RT" : "", >> attr & EFI_MEMORY_MORE_RELIABLE ? "MR" : "", >> attr & EFI_MEMORY_XP ? "XP" : "", >> attr & EFI_MEMORY_RP ? "RP" : "", > > I know that Ard suggested this change but I don't think I should apply > this and the reason is that developers, particularly distro > developers, come to rely on the output we print for debugging > purposes. > > They don't necessarily monitor all the patches getting merged upstream > closely enough to realise that it impacts their debugging strategy. So > when they notice that the output has gone from "RUN" to "RT" they're > naturally going to ask what the difference is... and the answer is "it > looks prettier". That's not a good enough reason. > > Obviously if we're printing something that's completely incorrect, or > we can improve the message considerably, then yes, it makes sense to > change it - but that's not the case here. > > Thanks for the patch, but sorry, I'm not going to apply this one. > Ack. It was more an illustration of my argument for preferring MR over REL[IY] than anything else,. -- ard. -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>