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From: "licheng.li" <im.lechain@gmail.com>
To: Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>, David Laight <david.laight.linux@gmail.com>
Cc: "Thomas Weißschuh" <linux@weissschuh.net>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, im.lechain@gmail.com
Subject: [PATCH v4 1/2] tools/nolibc: support left alignment (-) in printf
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2026 18:22:17 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260130102218.1324-2-im.lechain@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260130102218.1324-1-im.lechain@gmail.com>

From: Cheng Li <im.lechain@gmail.com>

Currently, __nolibc_printf() in nolibc parses the width field but always
pads with spaces on the left. It ignores the '-' flag (left alignment).

This patch implements support for the '-' flag
to forces left alignment by padding spaces on the right.

Logic behavior:
 - "%5d"  -> "   -5" (unchanged, right align)
 - "%-5d" -> "-5   " (new, left align)

Suggested-by: David Laight <david.laight.linux@gmail.com>
Suggested-by: Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>
Signed-off-by: Cheng Li <im.lechain@gmail.com>
---
v4 changes:
 - Adopted optimization suggestions from David Laight
v3 changes:
 - Removed pad zeros support because of bug for signed number and pointer
v2 changes:
 - Adopted optimization suggestions from Willy Tarreau:
   - Incremented 'written' counter at the start of loops.
   - Reordered loop checks to optimize compiler register usage.
 - Updated commit message to explicitly mention zero-padding ('0') support.
---
 tools/include/nolibc/stdio.h | 17 +++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/include/nolibc/stdio.h b/tools/include/nolibc/stdio.h
index 1f16dab2ac88..1197928a1364 100644
--- a/tools/include/nolibc/stdio.h
+++ b/tools/include/nolibc/stdio.h
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ typedef int (*__nolibc_printf_cb)(intptr_t state, const char *buf, size_t size);
 static __attribute__((unused, format(printf, 4, 0)))
 int __nolibc_printf(__nolibc_printf_cb cb, intptr_t state, size_t n, const char *fmt, va_list args)
 {
-	char escape, lpref, c;
+	char escape, lpref, padc, c;
 	unsigned long long v;
 	unsigned int written, width;
 	size_t len, ofs, w;
@@ -261,11 +261,17 @@ int __nolibc_printf(__nolibc_printf_cb cb, intptr_t state, size_t n, const char
 	while (1) {
 		c = fmt[ofs++];
 		width = 0;
+		padc = ' ';
 
 		if (escape) {
 			/* we're in an escape sequence, ofs == 1 */
 			escape = 0;
 
+			if (c == '-') {
+				padc = c;
+				c = fmt[ofs++];
+			}
+
 			/* width */
 			while (c >= '0' && c <= '9') {
 				width *= 10;
@@ -358,12 +364,15 @@ int __nolibc_printf(__nolibc_printf_cb cb, intptr_t state, size_t n, const char
 			if (n) {
 				w = len < n ? len : n;
 				n -= w;
-				while (width-- > w) {
+				if (padc == '-' && cb(state, outstr, w) != 0)
+					return -1;
+				while (width > w) {
+					written++;
 					if (cb(state, " ", 1) != 0)
 						return -1;
-					written += 1;
+					width--;
 				}
-				if (cb(state, outstr, w) != 0)
+				if (padc != '-' && cb(state, outstr, w) != 0)
 					return -1;
 			}
 
-- 
2.52.0


  reply	other threads:[~2026-01-30 10:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-01-30 10:22 [PATCH v4 0/2] tools/nolibc: support left-aligned printing in printf licheng.li
2026-01-30 10:22 ` licheng.li [this message]
2026-01-30 15:00   ` [PATCH v4 1/2] tools/nolibc: support left alignment (-) " David Laight
2026-01-30 10:22 ` [PATCH v4 2/2] selftests/nolibc: add tests for printf left alignment and zero padding licheng.li

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