From: Greg KH <greg@kroah•com>
To: Joe Perches <joe@perches•com>
Cc: Ingo Oeser <ioe-lkml@rameria•de>,
linux-kernel@vger•kernel.org, netdev@vger•kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] lib/vsprintf.c: Add %pU - ptr to a UUID/GUID
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2009 13:53:48 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090927205348.GA32464@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1254078046.28232.183.camel@Joe-Laptop.home>
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:
> > Hi Joe,
>
> Hello Ingo.
>
> > On Sunday 27 September 2009, Joe Perches wrote:
> > > 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 :)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-09-27 20:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-09-27 5:57 [RFC PATCH 0/3] print UUID/GUIDs with %pU Joe Perches
2009-09-27 5:57 ` [PATCH 1/3] lib/vsprintf.c: Add %pU - ptr to a UUID/GUID Joe Perches
2009-09-27 10:45 ` Ingo Oeser
2009-09-27 19:00 ` Joe Perches
2009-09-27 20:53 ` Greg KH [this message]
2009-09-27 5:57 ` [PATCH 2/3] treewide: use %pU to print UUID/GUIDs Joe Perches
2009-09-27 5:57 ` [PATCH 3/3] drivers/staging/hv/: " Joe Perches
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