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From: david.laight.linux@gmail.com
To: "Willy Tarreau" <w@1wt.eu>,
	"Thomas Weißschuh" <linux@weissschuh.net>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "Cheng Li" <lechain@gmail.com>
Cc: David Laight <david.laight.linux@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 next 14/17] tools/nolibc/printf: Add support for left aligning fields
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2026 10:17:32 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260223101735.2922-15-david.laight.linux@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260223101735.2922-1-david.laight.linux@gmail.com>

From: David Laight <david.laight.linux@gmail.com>

Output the characters before or after the pad - writing the pad takes more code.

Include additional/changed tests

Signed-off-by: David Laight <david.laight.linux@gmail.com>
---

Changes for v3:
- Formally part of patch 7.

 tools/include/nolibc/stdio.h                 | 6 +++++-
 tools/testing/selftests/nolibc/nolibc-test.c | 4 +++-
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/include/nolibc/stdio.h b/tools/include/nolibc/stdio.h
index c21abe085fa6..482e5b143c86 100644
--- a/tools/include/nolibc/stdio.h
+++ b/tools/include/nolibc/stdio.h
@@ -540,7 +540,11 @@ int __nolibc_printf(__nolibc_printf_cb cb, void *state, const char *fmt, va_list
 		/* Stop gcc back-merging this code into one of the conditionals above. */
 		_NOLIBC_OPTIMIZER_HIDE_VAR(len);
 
+		/* Output the characters on the required side of any padding. */
 		width -= len;
+		flags = _NOLIBC_PF_FLAGS_CONTAIN(flags, '-');
+		if (flags && cb(state, outstr, len) != 0)
+			return -1;
 		while (width > 0) {
 			/* Output pad in 16 byte blocks with the small block first. */
 			int pad_len = ((width - 1) & 15) + 1;
@@ -549,7 +553,7 @@ int __nolibc_printf(__nolibc_printf_cb cb, void *state, const char *fmt, va_list
 			if (cb(state, "                ", pad_len) != 0)
 				return -1;
 		}
-		if (cb(state, outstr, len) != 0)
+		if (!flags && cb(state, outstr, len) != 0)
 			return -1;
 	}
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/nolibc/nolibc-test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/nolibc/nolibc-test.c
index f746711af777..cc59c0116855 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/nolibc/nolibc-test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/nolibc/nolibc-test.c
@@ -1851,9 +1851,11 @@ static int run_printf(int min, int max)
 		CASE_TEST(truncation);   EXPECT_VFPRINTF(1, "012345678901234567890123456789", "%s", "012345678901234567890123456789"); break;
 		CASE_TEST(string_width); EXPECT_VFPRINTF(1, "         1", "%10s", "1"); break;
 		CASE_TEST(number_width); EXPECT_VFPRINTF(1, "         1", "%10d", 1); break;
+		CASE_TEST(number_left);  EXPECT_VFPRINTF(1, "|-5      |", "|%-8d|", -5); break;
+		CASE_TEST(string_align); EXPECT_VFPRINTF(1, "|foo     |", "|%-8s|", "foo"); break;
 		CASE_TEST(width_trunc);  EXPECT_VFPRINTF(1, "                             1", "%30d", 1); break;
 		CASE_TEST(hex_alt);      EXPECT_VFPRINTF(1, "|0x1|  0x2|    0|", "|%#x|%#5x|%#5x|", 1, 2, 0); break;
-		CASE_TEST(errno);        EXPECT_VFPRINTF(is_nolibc, "22:errno=22", "%d:%m", errno=22); break;
+		CASE_TEST(errno);        EXPECT_VFPRINTF(is_nolibc, "22:errno=22    ", "%d:%-12m", errno=22); break;
 		CASE_TEST(errno-neg);    EXPECT_VFPRINTF(is_nolibc, "-22:   errno=-22", "%d:%12m", errno=-22); break;
 		CASE_TEST(scanf);        EXPECT_ZR(1, test_scanf()); break;
 		CASE_TEST(printf_error); EXPECT_ZR(1, test_printf_error()); break;
-- 
2.39.5


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-02-23 10:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-02-23 10:17 [PATCH v3 next 00/17] Enhance printf() david.laight.linux
2026-02-23 10:17 ` [PATCH v3 next 01/17] tools/nolibc: Add _NOLIBC_OPTIMIZER_HIDE_VAR() to compiler.h david.laight.linux
2026-02-25 21:25   ` Thomas Weißschuh
2026-02-25 22:17     ` David Laight
2026-02-25 22:24       ` Thomas Weißschuh
2026-02-23 10:17 ` [PATCH v3 next 02/17] tools/nolibc: Optimise and common up the number to ascii functions david.laight.linux
2026-02-25 21:40   ` Thomas Weißschuh
2026-02-25 22:09     ` David Laight
2026-02-23 10:17 ` [PATCH v3 next 03/17] selftests/nolibc: Fix build with host headers and libc david.laight.linux
2026-02-25 21:24   ` Thomas Weißschuh
2026-02-23 10:17 ` [PATCH v3 next 04/17] selftests/nolibc: Improve reporting of vfprintf() errors david.laight.linux
2026-02-25 21:56   ` Thomas Weißschuh
2026-02-26 10:12     ` David Laight
2026-02-26 21:39       ` Thomas Weißschuh
2026-02-23 10:17 ` [PATCH v3 next 05/17] tools/nolibc: Implement strerror() in terms of strerror_r() david.laight.linux
2026-02-25 22:09   ` Thomas Weißschuh
2026-02-25 22:58     ` David Laight
2026-02-23 10:17 ` [PATCH v3 next 06/17] tools/nolibc/printf: Change variables 'c' to 'ch' and 'tmpbuf[]' to 'outbuf[]' david.laight.linux
2026-02-25 22:23   ` Thomas Weißschuh
2026-02-23 10:17 ` [PATCH v3 next 07/17] tools/nolibc/printf: Move snprintf length check to callback david.laight.linux
2026-02-25 22:37   ` Thomas Weißschuh
2026-02-25 23:12     ` David Laight
2026-02-26 21:29       ` Thomas Weißschuh
2026-02-26 22:11         ` David Laight
2026-02-23 10:17 ` [PATCH v3 next 08/17] tools/nolibc/printf: Output pad characters in 16 byte chunks david.laight.linux
2026-02-23 10:17 ` [PATCH v3 next 09/17] tools/nolibc/printf: Simplify __nolibc_printf() david.laight.linux
2026-02-23 10:17 ` [PATCH v3 next 10/17] tools/nolibc/printf: Use goto and reduce indentation david.laight.linux
2026-02-23 10:17 ` [PATCH v3 next 11/17] tools/nolibc/printf: Use bit-masks to hold requested flag, length and conversion chars david.laight.linux
2026-02-23 10:17 ` [PATCH v3 next 12/17] tools/nolibc/printf: Handle "%s" with the numeric formats david.laight.linux
2026-02-23 10:17 ` [PATCH v3 next 13/17] tools/nolibc/printf: Add support for conversion flags david.laight.linux
2026-02-23 10:17 ` david.laight.linux [this message]
2026-02-23 10:17 ` [PATCH v3 next 15/17] tools/nolibc/printf: Add support for zero padding and field precision david.laight.linux
2026-02-23 10:17 ` [PATCH v3 next 16/17] tools/nolibc/printf: Add support for octal output david.laight.linux
2026-02-23 10:17 ` [PATCH v3 next 17/17] selftests/nolibc: Use printf variable field widths and precisions david.laight.linux

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