From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from gate.crashing.org (gate.crashing.org [63.228.1.57]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CCFB5DE033 for ; Tue, 8 Jul 2008 08:20:18 +1000 (EST) Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc: Use new printk extension %pS to print symbols on oops From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt To: Linus Torvalds In-Reply-To: References: <20080707034436.BEA2DDDF35@ozlabs.org> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Tue, 08 Jul 2008 08:20:09 +1000 Message-Id: <1215469209.8970.139.camel@pasglop> Mime-Version: 1.0 Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org Reply-To: benh@kernel.crashing.org List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Mon, 2008-07-07 at 10:08 -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > This changes the oops and backtrace code to use the new %pS > > printk extension to print out symbols rather than manually > > calling print_symbol. > > Ok, I ended up committing the suppor for '%pS' early (as a series of > smaller patches to make it clearer), just because it makes it easier for > different people to start converthing things with the infrastructure in > place. > > But I wasn't planning on actually merging any of the conversions until > after 2.6.26 (ie there will be no actual _users_ of '%pS' in 2.6.26) That's ok. I posted the patch for review/comments, I didn't intend to have it merged before .27 opens. Cheers, Ben.