RE: [PATCH RFCv2 2/3] lib/vsprintf.c: make %pD print full path for file

[Justin He <Justin.He@arm.com>]

Hi Rasmus

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> Subject: Re: [PATCH RFCv2 2/3] lib/vsprintf.c: make %pD print full path for
> file
>
> On 01/06/2021 19.05, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
>
> > Here's some examples, what do you think makes sense?
> >
> > snprintf(buf, 16, "bad file '%pD'\n", q);
> >
> > what content do you want buf to have when q is variously:
> >
> > 1. /abcd/efgh
> > 2. /a/bcdefgh.iso
> > 3. /abcdef/gh
> >
> > I would argue that
> > "bad file ''\n"
> > is actually a better string to have than any of (case 2)
> > "bad file '/a/bc"
> > "bad file 'bcdef"
> > "bad file 'h.iso"
> >
>
> Whatever ends up being decided, _please_ document that in
> machine-readable and -verifiable form. I.e., update lib/test_printf.c
> accordingly.
>
> Currently (and originally) it only tests %pd because %pD is/was
> essentially just %pd with an indirection to get the struct dentry* from
> a struct file*.

Okay, I can add more test_printf cases for '%pD'

>
> The existing framework is strongly centered around expecting '/a/bc (see
> all the logic where we do multiple checks with size 0, size random, size
> plenty, and for the random case check that the buffer contents match the
> complete output up till the randomly chosen size), so adding tests for
> some other semantics would require a bit more juggling.
>

Yes, agree.
In other way, if the user:
char* full_path = d_path(...);
snprintf("%s", limited_size, full_path);

He/she will get the inconsistent result if we return "" for '%pD'.

--
Cheers,
Justin (Jia He)

> Not that that should be an argument in favor of that behaviour. But FWIW
> that would be my preference.
>
> Rasmus
>

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