Re: [PATCH V11 4/5] vsprintf: add printk specifier %px

Sergey Senozhatsky
2017-12-06T08:45:45Z

On (12/06/17 09:32), Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
[..]
> >> show_fault_oops(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long error_code,
> >> unsigned long address)
> >> ...
> >> printk(KERN_CONT " at %p\n", (void *) address);
> >> printk(KERN_ALERT "IP: %pS\n", (void *)regs->ip);
> >
> > So %pS isn't %p, and shows the symbolic name.
>
> If the symbolic name is available.
> Else it prints the non-hashed pointer value (FTR).

hm, indeed. and !CONFIG_KALLSYMS config turns %pS/%ps
into special_hex_number().

-ss