On Mon, 2014-07-07 at 09:25 -0700, Joe Perches wrote: > [trivial notes] Thanks! Fixed locally, though am waiting for few more days if any other comment comes. > > On Mon, 2014-07-07 at 18:21 +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote: > > This allows user to print a given buffer as esaped string. The rules applied > > as an escaped > > > accordingly to the mix of the flags provided by additional format letters. > > rules are applied according to an optional mix of flags > > > For example, if the given buffer: > > > > 1b 62 20 5c 43 07 22 90 0d 5d > > > > The result strings could be: > > would be > > > %*pE "\eb \C\a"\220\r]" > > Maybe say something about ssid's here. Mentioned in the printk-formats.txt part. > or maybe add an %*pES just for the ssid type. I gave a thought to it, and it seems to me we will increase complexity of the code to get none beneficial. The SSID in most cases has a variable-length, thus we will pass it anyway, what else could be differ here? Default set of flags? > > > diff --git a/Documentation/printk-formats.txt b/Documentation/printk-formats.txt > [] > > @@ -70,6 +70,34 @@ DMA addresses types dma_addr_t: > > For printing a dma_addr_t type which can vary based on build options, > > regardless of the width of the CPU data path. Passed by reference. > > > > +Raw buffer as an escaped string: > > + > > + %*pE[achnops] > > + > > + For printing raw buffer as an escaped string. For the following buffer > > + > > + 1b 62 20 5c 43 07 22 90 0d 5d > > + > > + few examples show how the conversion could be done (the result string > > + without embraced quotes): > > 'embraced' is a bit of an awkward word choice. Maybe surrounding. > > > + > > + %*pE "\eb \C\a"\220\r]" > > Oh, the initial commit log comments above are really for this block Phrasing is a bit different, though I rephrased above sentence. > > > + %*pEhp "\x1bb \C\x07"\x90\x0d]" > > + %*pEa "\e\142\040\\\103\a\042\220\r\135" > > + > > + The converion rules are defined by combination of the following flags > > conversion > > > + (see string_escape_mem() kernel documentation for the details): > > + a - ESCAPE_ANY > > + c - ESCAPE_SPECIAL > > + h - ESCAPE_HEX > > + n - ESCAPE_NULL > > + o - ESCAPE_OCTAL > > + p - ESCAPE_NP > > + s - ESCAPE_SPACE > > + By default ESCAPE_ANY_NP is used. > > + > > + If field width is ommited the 1 byte only will be escaped. > > omitted > > -- Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx> Intel Finland Oy -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
