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vsprintf.c: use default pointer field size for "(null)" strings

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It might be nicer to align the output.

For instance, ACPI messages sometimes have "(null)" pointers.

$ dmesg | grep "(null)"  -A 1 -B 1
[    0.198733] ACPI: Dynamic OEM Table Load:
[    0.198745] ACPI: SSDT (null) 00239 (v02  PmRef  Cpu0Ist 00003000 INTL 20051117)
[    0.199294] ACPI: SSDT 7f596e10 001C7 (v02  PmRef  Cpu0Cst 00003001 INTL 20051117)
[    0.200708] ACPI: Dynamic OEM Table Load:
[    0.200721] ACPI: SSDT (null) 001C7 (v02  PmRef  Cpu0Cst 00003001 INTL 20051117)
[    0.201950] ACPI: SSDT 7f597f10 000D0 (v02  PmRef  Cpu1Ist 00003000 INTL 20051117)
[    0.203386] ACPI: Dynamic OEM Table Load:
[    0.203398] ACPI: SSDT (null) 000D0 (v02  PmRef  Cpu1Ist 00003000 INTL 20051117)
[    0.203871] ACPI: SSDT 7f595f10 00083 (v02  PmRef  Cpu1Cst 00003000 INTL 20051117)
[    0.205301] ACPI: Dynamic OEM Table Load:
[    0.205315] ACPI: SSDT (null) 00083 (v02  PmRef  Cpu1Cst 00003000 INTL 20051117)

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: add code comment]
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Joe Perches 2010-10-26 14:22:50 -07:00 committed by Linus Torvalds
parent 77006a0a82
commit 5e05798128
1 changed files with 9 additions and 2 deletions
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@ -988,8 +988,15 @@ static noinline_for_stack
char *pointer(const char *fmt, char *buf, char *end, void *ptr,
struct printf_spec spec)
{
if (!ptr)
if (!ptr) {
/*
* Print (null) with the same width as a pointer so it makes
* tabular output look nice.
*/
if (spec.field_width == -1)
spec.field_width = 2 * sizeof(void *);
return string(buf, end, "(null)", spec);
}
switch (*fmt) {
case 'F':
@ -1031,7 +1038,7 @@ char *pointer(const char *fmt, char *buf, char *end, void *ptr,
}
spec.flags |= SMALL;
if (spec.field_width == -1) {
spec.field_width = 2*sizeof(void *);
spec.field_width = 2 * sizeof(void *);
spec.flags |= ZEROPAD;
}
spec.base = 16;