Re: [PATCH 2/2] ide-scsi: use print_hex_dump from <linux/kernel.h>

[Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>]

On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 15:16:13 +0800 Denis Cheng <crquan@gmail.com> wrote:

> these utilities implemented in lib/hexdump.c are more handy, please use this.
> 
> ...
>
> --- a/drivers/scsi/ide-scsi.c
> +++ b/drivers/scsi/ide-scsi.c
> @@ -242,16 +242,6 @@ static void idescsi_output_buffers (ide_drive_t *drive, idescsi_pc_t *pc, unsign
>  	}
>  }
>  
> -static void hexdump(u8 *x, int len)
> -{
> -	int i;
> -
> -	printk("[ ");
> -	for (i = 0; i < len; i++)
> -		printk("%x ", x[i]);
> -	printk("]\n");
> -}
> -
>  static int idescsi_check_condition(ide_drive_t *drive, struct request *failed_command)
>  {
>  	idescsi_scsi_t *scsi = drive_to_idescsi(drive);
> @@ -282,7 +272,7 @@ static int idescsi_check_condition(ide_drive_t *drive, struct request *failed_co
>  	pc->scsi_cmd = ((idescsi_pc_t *) failed_command->special)->scsi_cmd;
>  	if (test_bit(IDESCSI_LOG_CMD, &scsi->log)) {
>  		printk ("ide-scsi: %s: queue cmd = ", drive->name);
> -		hexdump(pc->c, 6);
> +		print_hex_dump(KERN_DEBUG, "", DUMP_PREFIX_OFFSET, 16, 1, pc->c, 6, 1);
>  	}
>  	rq->rq_disk = scsi->disk;
>  	return ide_do_drive_cmd(drive, rq, ide_preempt);
> @@ -337,7 +327,7 @@ static int idescsi_end_request (ide_drive_t *drive, int uptodate, int nrsecs)
>  		idescsi_pc_t *opc = (idescsi_pc_t *) rq->buffer;
>  		if (log) {
>  			printk ("ide-scsi: %s: wrap up check %lu, rst = ", drive->name, opc->scsi_cmd->serial_number);
> -			hexdump(pc->buffer,16);
> +			print_hex_dump(KERN_DEBUG, "", DUMP_PREFIX_OFFSET, 16, 1, pc->buffer, 16, 1);
>  		}
>  		memcpy((void *) opc->scsi_cmd->sense_buffer, pc->buffer, SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE);
>  		kfree(pc->buffer);
> @@ -816,10 +806,10 @@ static int idescsi_queue (struct scsi_cmnd *cmd,
>  
>  	if (test_bit(IDESCSI_LOG_CMD, &scsi->log)) {
>  		printk ("ide-scsi: %s: que %lu, cmd = ", drive->name, cmd->serial_number);
> -		hexdump(cmd->cmnd, cmd->cmd_len);
> +		print_hex_dump(KERN_DEBUG, "", DUMP_PREFIX_OFFSET, 16, 1, cmd->cmnd, cmd->cmd_len, 1);
>  		if (memcmp(pc->c, cmd->cmnd, cmd->cmd_len)) {
>  			printk ("ide-scsi: %s: que %lu, tsl = ", drive->name, cmd->serial_number);
> -			hexdump(pc->c, 12);
> +			print_hex_dump(KERN_DEBUG, "", DUMP_PREFIX_OFFSET, 16, 1, pc->c, 12, 1);
>  		}
>  	}
>  

Would you believe that this patch (which removes code) actually increases
drivers/scsi/ide-scsi.o .text by 75 bytes?

I didn't look to see why - probably that huge arg count is hurting,
possibly some additional strings being emitted?

Either way, perhaps a simple little front-end to print_hex_dump() is called
for.