Re: [PATCH 1/5] xfs_db: print structure padding fields consistently

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On 11/30/17 3:51 PM, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 03:37:54PM -0600, Eric Sandeen wrote:
>> On 11/17/17 1:56 PM, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
>>> From: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>
>>> We are very inconsistent about how we print padding fields in on-disk
>>> structures -- sometimes we hide it from printall, sometimes we deviate
>>> from unsigned hex values, etc.  Make this all consistent -- never hide
>>> padding values, always print them as unsigned hex integers.
>>
>> I'm not sure I see the point to cluttering up structure printing
>> with padding, and would prefer to hide them /all/ by default (and
>> set them all to hex printing when explicitly asked for).
>>
>> Consistency is good but I'm not sure we need to consistently print
>> values that are never even used...?
> 
> Ok.  Will you take a patch that changes them all to FLD_SKIPALL?

and sets them all to hex type, and adds missing ones?  Sure.

If you love the idea of printing padding or need it, that's ok,
I'd just like a little justification for the extra clutter,
if you need it. :)

Thanks,
-Eric
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