Re: [PATCH v4 4/7] lib/hexdump.c: Replace ascii bool in hex_dump_to_buffer with flags

["Alastair D'Silva" <alastair@d-silva.org>]

On Mon, 2019-06-24 at 22:01 -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Tue, 2019-06-25 at 13:17 +1000, Alastair D'Silva wrote:
> > From: Alastair D'Silva <alastair@d-silva.org>
> > 
> > In order to support additional features, rename hex_dump_to_buffer
> > to
> > hex_dump_to_buffer_ext, and replace the ascii bool parameter with
> > flags.
> []
> > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_engine_cs.c
> > b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_engine_cs.c
> []
> > @@ -1338,9 +1338,8 @@ static void hexdump(struct drm_printer *m,
> > const void *buf, size_t len)
> >  		}
> >  
> >  		WARN_ON_ONCE(hex_dump_to_buffer(buf + pos, len - pos,
> > -						rowsize, sizeof(u32),
> > -						line, sizeof(line),
> > -						false) >=
> > sizeof(line));
> > +						rowsize, sizeof(u32),
> > line,
> > +						sizeof(line)) >=
> > sizeof(line));
> 
> Huh?  Why do this?

The ascii parameter was removed from the simple API as per Jani's
suggestion. The remainder was reformatted to avoid exceeding the line
length limits.

> 
> > diff --git a/drivers/isdn/hardware/mISDN/mISDNisar.c
> > b/drivers/isdn/hardware/mISDN/mISDNisar.c
> []
> > @@ -70,8 +70,9 @@ send_mbox(struct isar_hw *isar, u8 his, u8 creg,
> > u8 len, u8 *msg)
> >  			int l = 0;
> >  
> >  			while (l < (int)len) {
> > -				hex_dump_to_buffer(msg + l, len - l,
> > 32, 1,
> > -						   isar->log, 256, 1);
> > +				hex_dump_to_buffer_ext(msg + l, len -
> > l, 32, 1,
> > +						       isar->log, 256,
> > +						       HEXDUMP_ASCII);
> 
> Again, why do any of these?
> 
> The point of the wrapper is to avoid changing these.

Jani made a pretty good point that about half the callers didn't want
an ASCII dump, and presenting a simplified API makes sense.

I would actually put forward that we consider dropping rowsize from the
simplified API too, as most callers use 32, and those that use 16 would
probably be OK with 32.

Your proposal, on the other hand, only makes sense if there were many
callers, and even so, not in the form that you presented, since that
result in a mix of booleans & bitfields that you were critical of.

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