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From: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
To: Kent Overstreet <koverstreet@google.com>
Cc: Tejun Heo <tejun@google.com>,
	linux-bcache@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	dm-devel@redhat.com, agk@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add human-readable units modifier to vsnprintf()
Date: Tue, 22 May 2012 23:12:14 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1337753534.13111.51.camel@joe2Laptop> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120523060435.GD14312@dhcp-172-18-216-138.mtv.corp.google.com>

On Wed, 2012-05-23 at 02:04 -0400, Kent Overstreet wrote:
> Only trouble is we lose the existing method of specifying the type of
> the integer. 

Hi again Kent.

My first suggestion to you was:
---------------------
> or maybe yet another lib/vsprintf pointer extension
> like %pD with some descriptors after the %pD for
> type, width and precision.
---------------------

For instance, internet addresses use pointer extensions
%pI4 and %pI6 for ipv4 and ipv6 addresses.

> New flag character would make much more sense... if gcc
> could be persuaded.

It can't be so persuaded though.  Maybe a future gcc.


  reply	other threads:[~2012-05-23  6:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 87+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-05-10  3:07 [Bcache v13 00/16] Kent Overstreet
2012-05-10  3:08 ` [Bcache v13 01/16] Only clone bio vecs that are in use Kent Overstreet
2012-05-10 21:35   ` [dm-devel] " Vivek Goyal
2012-05-10 21:42     ` Kent Overstreet
2012-05-11 13:29       ` Jeff Moyer
2012-05-11 20:29         ` Kent Overstreet
2012-05-15 16:19   ` Tejun Heo
2012-05-10  3:08 ` [Bcache v13 02/16] Bio pool freeing Kent Overstreet
2012-05-10 21:32   ` [dm-devel] " Vivek Goyal
2012-05-10 21:39     ` Kent Overstreet
2012-05-10 21:52       ` Vivek Goyal
2012-05-10 21:53         ` Kent Overstreet
2012-05-15 16:24   ` Tejun Heo
2012-05-15 16:25   ` Tejun Heo
2012-05-10  3:08 ` [Bcache v13 03/16] Revert "rw_semaphore: remove up/down_read_non_owner" Kent Overstreet
2012-05-15 16:37   ` Tejun Heo
2012-05-15 16:38   ` Tejun Heo
2012-05-10  3:09 ` [Bcache v13 04/16] Fix ratelimit macro to compile in c99 mode Kent Overstreet
2012-05-15 16:43   ` Tejun Heo
2012-05-10  3:09 ` [Bcache v13 05/16] Export get_random_int() Kent Overstreet
2012-05-15 16:44   ` Tejun Heo
2012-05-10  3:09 ` [Bcache v13 06/16] Export blk_fill_rwbs() Kent Overstreet
2012-05-10  3:09 ` [Bcache v13 07/16] Closures Kent Overstreet
2012-05-15 22:41   ` Tejun Heo
2012-05-18  6:29     ` Kent Overstreet
2012-05-18 10:02       ` Alan Cox
2012-05-21 19:40         ` Kent Overstreet
2012-05-10  3:10 ` [Bcache v13 08/16] bcache: Documentation, and changes to generic code Kent Overstreet
2012-05-10  3:10 ` [Bcache v13 09/16] Bcache: generic utility code Kent Overstreet
2012-05-10 19:35   ` Dan Williams
2012-05-10 21:42     ` Kent Overstreet
2012-05-22 21:17   ` Tejun Heo
2012-05-23  3:12     ` Kent Overstreet
2012-05-23  3:36       ` Joe Perches
2012-05-23  4:50         ` [PATCH] Add human-readable units modifier to vsnprintf() Kent Overstreet
2012-05-23  5:10           ` Joe Perches
2012-05-23  5:22             ` Kent Overstreet
2012-05-23  5:42               ` Joe Perches
2012-05-23  6:04                 ` Kent Overstreet
2012-05-23  6:12                   ` Joe Perches [this message]
2012-05-23  5:08       ` [Bcache v13 09/16] Bcache: generic utility code Tejun Heo
2012-05-23  5:54         ` Kent Overstreet
2012-05-23 16:51           ` Tejun Heo
2012-05-23 15:15     ` [dm-devel] " Vivek Goyal
2012-05-23 15:33       ` Kent Overstreet
2012-05-22 21:19   ` Tejun Heo
2012-05-10  3:10 ` [Bcache v13 10/16] bcache: Superblock/initialization/sysfs code Kent Overstreet
2012-05-10  3:10 ` [Bcache v13 11/16] bcache: Core btree code Kent Overstreet
2012-05-22 22:12   ` Tejun Heo
2012-05-23  3:45     ` Kent Overstreet
2012-05-23  5:20       ` Tejun Heo
2012-05-23  5:34         ` Kent Overstreet
2012-05-23 17:24           ` Tejun Heo
2012-05-22 22:40   ` Tejun Heo
2012-05-30  7:47   ` Tejun Heo
2012-05-31  1:09     ` Kent Overstreet
2012-05-10  3:11 ` [Bcache v13 12/16] bcache: Bset code (lookups within a btree node) Kent Overstreet
2012-05-22 22:39   ` Tejun Heo
2012-05-23  4:21     ` Kent Overstreet
2012-05-23 17:55       ` Tejun Heo
2012-05-23 20:49         ` Tejun Heo
2012-05-24 18:11           ` Tejun Heo
2012-05-10  3:11 ` [Bcache v13 13/16] bcache: Journalling Kent Overstreet
2012-05-10  3:11 ` [Bcache v13 14/16] bcache: Request, io and allocation code Kent Overstreet
2012-05-22 22:42   ` Tejun Heo
2012-05-23  1:44     ` Kent Overstreet
2012-05-23  4:24     ` Kent Overstreet
2012-05-22 22:44   ` Tejun Heo
2012-05-30  7:23   ` Tejun Heo
2012-05-31  0:52     ` Kent Overstreet
2012-05-31  2:43       ` Tejun Heo
2012-05-31  5:13         ` Kent Overstreet
2012-05-31  6:45           ` Tejun Heo
2012-06-01  2:37             ` Tejun Heo
2012-05-31  2:45       ` Tejun Heo
2012-05-30  7:32   ` Tejun Heo
2012-05-10  3:11 ` [Bcache v13 15/16] bcache: Writeback Kent Overstreet
2012-05-10  3:11 ` [Bcache v13 16/16] bcache: Debug and tracing code Kent Overstreet
2012-05-10 13:54 ` [dm-devel] [Bcache v13 00/16] Vivek Goyal
2012-05-10 15:03 ` Vivek Goyal
2012-05-10 15:34   ` Kent Overstreet
2012-05-10 18:34 ` Dan Williams
     [not found] ` <1188908028.170.1336674698865.JavaMail.mail@webmail09>
2012-05-10 18:49   ` [Bcache v13 11/16] bcache: Core btree code Joe Perches
2012-05-10 21:48     ` Kent Overstreet
2012-05-18 10:06 ` [Bcache v13 00/16] Arnd Bergmann
2012-05-30  8:29 ` Tejun Heo
2012-05-30  8:54 ` Zhi Yong Wu

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