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 v5 next 14/17] tools/nolibc/printf: Add support for left aligning fields
Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2026 11:37:39 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260308113742.12649-15-david.laight.linux@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260308113742.12649-1-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
Acked-by: Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>
Signed-off-by: David Laight <david.laight.linux@gmail.com>
---
Unchanged for v4 and v5.
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 4bb4d08d834e..fccc8a2d9b8a 100644
--- a/tools/include/nolibc/stdio.h
+++ b/tools/include/nolibc/stdio.h
@@ -546,7 +546,11 @@ 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;
@@ -555,7 +559,7 @@ 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 4267c69ec37c..89ded1dd7318 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/nolibc/nolibc-test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/nolibc/nolibc-test.c
@@ -1845,9 +1845,11 @@ static int run_printf(int min, int max)
CASE_TEST(truncation); EXPECT_VFPRINTF(1, "0123456789012345678901234", "%s", "0123456789012345678901234"); 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", "%25d", 1); break;
CASE_TEST(errno); errno = 22; EXPECT_VFPRINTF(is_nolibc, "errno=22", "%m"); break;
- CASE_TEST(errno-neg); errno = -22; EXPECT_VFPRINTF(is_nolibc, " errno=-22", "%12m"); break;
+ CASE_TEST(errno-neg); errno = -22; EXPECT_VFPRINTF(is_nolibc, "errno=-22 ", "%-12m"); break;
CASE_TEST(scanf); EXPECT_ZR(1, test_scanf()); break;
CASE_TEST(printf_error); EXPECT_ZR(1, test_printf_error()); break;
case __LINE__:
--
2.39.5
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-08 11:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-08 11:37 [PATCH v5 next 00/17] Enhance printf() david.laight.linux
2026-03-08 11:37 ` [PATCH v5 next 01/17] tools/nolibc: Add _NOLIBC_OPTIMIZER_HIDE_VAR() to compiler.h david.laight.linux
2026-03-08 11:37 ` [PATCH v5 next 02/17] selftests/nolibc: Rename w to written in expect_vfprintf() david.laight.linux
2026-03-08 11:37 ` [PATCH v5 next 03/17] tools/nolibc: Implement strerror() in terms of strerror_r() david.laight.linux
2026-03-08 11:37 ` [PATCH v5 next 04/17] tools/nolibc: Rename the 'errnum' parameter to strerror() david.laight.linux
2026-03-08 11:37 ` [PATCH v5 next 05/17] tools/nolibc/printf: Output pad characters in 16 byte chunks david.laight.linux
2026-03-08 11:37 ` [PATCH v5 next 06/17] tools/nolibc/printf: Simplify __nolibc_printf() david.laight.linux
2026-03-08 11:37 ` [PATCH v5 next 07/17] tools/nolibc/printf: Use goto and reduce indentation david.laight.linux
2026-03-08 11:37 ` [PATCH v5 next 08/17] tools/nolibc/printf: Use bit-masks to hold requested flag, length and conversion chars david.laight.linux
2026-03-08 11:37 ` [PATCH v5 next 09/17] tools/nolibc/printf: Add support for length modifiers tzqL and formats iX david.laight.linux
2026-03-08 11:37 ` [PATCH v5 next 10/17] tools/nolibc/printf: Handle "%s" with the numeric formats david.laight.linux
2026-03-08 11:37 ` [PATCH v5 next 11/17] tools/nolibc/printf: Prepend sign to converted number david.laight.linux
2026-03-08 11:37 ` [PATCH v5 next 12/17] tools/nolibc/printf: Add support for conversion flags space and plus david.laight.linux
2026-03-08 11:37 ` [PATCH v5 next 13/17] tools/nolibc/printf: Special case 0 and add support for %#x david.laight.linux
2026-03-08 11:37 ` david.laight.linux [this message]
2026-03-08 11:37 ` [PATCH v5 next 15/17] tools/nolibc/printf: Add support for zero padding and field precision david.laight.linux
2026-03-08 11:37 ` [PATCH v5 next 16/17] tools/nolibc/printf: Add support for octal output david.laight.linux
2026-03-08 11:37 ` [PATCH v5 next 17/17] selftests/nolibc: Use printf variable field widths and precisions david.laight.linux
2026-03-08 11:58 ` [PATCH v5 next 00/17] Enhance printf() Willy Tarreau
2026-03-08 21:01 ` Thomas Weißschuh
2026-03-08 22:41 ` David Laight
2026-03-09 6:55 ` Willy Tarreau
2026-03-09 9:20 ` David Laight
2026-03-13 20:07 ` Thomas Weißschuh
2026-03-13 22:40 ` David Laight
2026-03-14 4:48 ` Willy Tarreau
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