From: Jeff Johnson <jeff.johnson@oss.qualcomm.com>
To: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] wil6210: Replace %pK with %p
Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2026 09:04:00 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8444a9b6-b197-4b64-9afa-d3741c2a85e2@oss.qualcomm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260918201145.kQDy1UrD@linutronix.de>
On 9/18/2026 1:11 PM, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:
commit subject is missing "wifi: " prefix
> Commit 71338aa7d050c ("net: convert %p usage to %pK") which is from
> 2011 and changed the %p annotation for pointer to %pK. Back then the
> default behaviour for %p was to print the pointer. The %pK modifier was
> introduced to able to control the behaviour of specific pointer values
> without changing the behaviour of %p for everyone. It was dedicated to
> avoid leaking pointers via /proc.
>
> Things changed over time. The default behaviour for %p is now to print a
> hash pointer which does not leak the address but allows to correlate if
> two pointers are equal. I intend to remove %pK from the library.
>
> Replace %pK with %pK in order to retain the pointer output for
s/with %pK/with %p/
> debugging.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
> ---
> v1…v2: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260918105632.pDhc9gIB@linutronix.de/
> - Keep existing %p, just replace %pK.
>
> drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/debugfs.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/debugfs.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/debugfs.c
> index e06e45323272c..79f5785697081 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/debugfs.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/debugfs.c
> @@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ static void wil_print_sring(struct seq_file *s, struct wil6210_priv *wil,
> seq_printf(s, "Status Ring %s [ %d ] = {\n",
> sring->is_rx ? "RX" : "TX", sring_idx);
> seq_printf(s, " pa = %pad\n", &sring->pa);
> - seq_printf(s, " va = 0x%pK\n", sring->va);
> + seq_printf(s, " va = 0x%p\n", sring->va);
> seq_printf(s, " size = %d\n", sring->size);
> seq_printf(s, " elem_size = %zu\n", sring->elem_size);
> seq_printf(s, " swhead = %d\n", sring->swhead);
No need to repost to address the nits -- I'll fix them in 'pending'
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-17 16:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-18 10:56 [PATCH] wil6210: Remove %pK and %p Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2026-09-18 15:25 ` Jeff Johnson
2026-09-18 16:58 ` Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2026-09-18 20:11 ` [PATCH v2] wil6210: Replace %pK with %p Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2026-10-17 16:04 ` Jeff Johnson [this message]
2026-10-19 6:51 ` Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
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