Re: [PATCH v2] Documentation/printk-formats: Remove notes about %pK

[Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>]

On Mon 2026-10-19 10:30:40, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:
> The %pK is slowly vanishing from drivers. The %p already prints hashed
> output unless overridden at bootime. It is not obvious for the user which
> output is using %pK and which does not.
> 
> Some people pointed out that this documentation encourages people to use
> it so here is the removal. I also update the translation since the block
> looks the same.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>

Looks good to me:

Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>

> ---
> 
> I intend to send the admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst bits with the removal
> from vsnprintf itself. I am down to 5 drivers (as of next-20261014).
> If you think that this documentation should remain as long as the
> interface is available then I can postpone this.

Good question. IMHO, it would be better to wait until all users are
gone. The people reviwing the removal patches might want to see what
the modifier does. I think that the documentation does not increase
much the risk of adding new users.

Best Regards,
Petr