Thread (7 messages) 7 messages, 3 authors, 2009-09-27

Re: [PATCH 1/3] lib/vsprintf.c: Add %pU - ptr to a UUID/GUID

From: Greg KH <hidden>
Date: 2009-09-27 20:59:18
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On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 12:00:46PM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
On Sun, 2009-09-27 at 12:45 +0200, Ingo Oeser wrote:
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Hi Joe,
Hello Ingo.
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On Sunday 27 September 2009, Joe Perches wrote:
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UUID/GUIDs are somewhat common in kernel source.
Standardize the printed style of UUID/GUIDs by using
another extension to %p.
%pU:    01020304:0506:0708:090a:0b0c0d0e0f10
%pUr:   04030201:0605:0807:0a09:0b0c0d0e0f10
Code does "01020304-0506-0708-090a-0b0c0d0e0f10".
This is not, what commit promises. Please change the commit message!
True enough, that can change, no worries.

Does anyone have comments like:

1 what a stupid idea
2 how unnecessary
3 meh
4 bloat alert! linux is supposed to be lean
5 ok idea, bad implementation
6 sure, why not
Sure, why not :)
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