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From: "Tobin C. Harding" <me@tobin.cc>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH V11 4/5] vsprintf: add printk specifier %px
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On Tue, Nov 28, 2017 at 06:29:02PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 28, 2017 at 6:05 PM, Tobin C. Harding <me@tobin.cc> wrote:
> >
> >    Let's add specifier %px as a
> > clear, opt-in, way to print a pointer and maintain some level of
> > isolation from all the other hex integer output within the Kernel.
> 
> Yes, I like this model. It's easy and it's obvious ("'x' for hex"),
> and it gives people a good way to say "yes, I really want the actual
> address as hex" for if/when the hashed pointer doesn't work for some
> reason.
> 
> So me likey.

BOOM!

> And as with the address leaking script, I'd like it even more if you
> made it a git tree and I'll pull it.

Pull request to come.

thanks,
Tobin.