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From: "Alastair D'Silva" <alastair@d-silva.org>
To: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@linux.intel.com>,
	Joonas Lahtinen <joonas.lahtinen@linux.intel.com>,
	Rodrigo Vivi <rodrigo.vivi@intel.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/7] Hexdump Enhancements
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2019 09:15:58 +1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <c68cb819257f251cbb66f8998a95c31cebe2d72e.camel@d-silva.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9a000734375c0801fc16b71f4be1235f9b857772.camel@perches.com>

On Wed, 2019-06-19 at 09:31 -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Mon, 2019-06-17 at 12:04 +1000, Alastair D'Silva wrote:
> > From: Alastair D'Silva <alastair@d-silva.org>
> > 
> > Apologies for the large CC list, it's a heads up for those
> > responsible
> > for subsystems where a prototype change in generic code causes a
> > change
> > in those subsystems.
> > 
> > This series enhances hexdump.
> 
> Still not a fan of these patches.

I'm afraid there's not too much action I can take on that, I'm happy to
address specific issues though.

> 
> > These improve the readability of the dumped data in certain
> > situations
> > (eg. wide terminals are available, many lines of empty bytes exist,
> > etc).
> 
> Changing hexdump's last argument from bool to int is odd.
> 

Think of it as replacing a single boolean with many booleans.

> Perhaps a new function should be added instead of changing
> the existing hexdump.
> 

There's only a handful of consumers, I don't think there is a value-add 
in creating more wrappers vs updating the existing callers.

-- 
Alastair D'Silva           mob: 0423 762 819
skype: alastair_dsilva    
Twitter: @EvilDeece
blog: http://alastair.d-silva.org



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From: "Alastair D'Silva" <alastair@d-silva.org>
To: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@linux.intel.com>,
	Joonas Lahtinen <joonas.lahtinen@linux.intel.com>,
	Rodrigo Vivi <rodrigo.vivi@intel.com>,
	David Airlie <airlied@linux.ie>, Daniel Vetter <daniel@ffwll.ch>,
	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>,
	Karsten Keil <isdn@linux-pingi.de>,
	Jassi Brar <jassisinghbrar@gmail.com>,
	Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Jose Abreu <Jose.Abreu@synopsys.com>,
	Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>,
	Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@redhat.com>,
	Benson Leung <bleung@chromium.org>,
	Enric Balletbo i Serra <enric.balletbo@collabora.com>,
	"James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@linux.ibm.com>,
	"Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@oracle.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	Alexa
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/7] Hexdump Enhancements
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2019 23:15:58 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <c68cb819257f251cbb66f8998a95c31cebe2d72e.camel@d-silva.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9a000734375c0801fc16b71f4be1235f9b857772.camel@perches.com>

On Wed, 2019-06-19 at 09:31 -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Mon, 2019-06-17 at 12:04 +1000, Alastair D'Silva wrote:
> > From: Alastair D'Silva <alastair@d-silva.org>
> > 
> > Apologies for the large CC list, it's a heads up for those
> > responsible
> > for subsystems where a prototype change in generic code causes a
> > change
> > in those subsystems.
> > 
> > This series enhances hexdump.
> 
> Still not a fan of these patches.

I'm afraid there's not too much action I can take on that, I'm happy to
address specific issues though.

> 
> > These improve the readability of the dumped data in certain
> > situations
> > (eg. wide terminals are available, many lines of empty bytes exist,
> > etc).
> 
> Changing hexdump's last argument from bool to int is odd.
> 

Think of it as replacing a single boolean with many booleans.

> Perhaps a new function should be added instead of changing
> the existing hexdump.
> 

There's only a handful of consumers, I don't think there is a value-add 
in creating more wrappers vs updating the existing callers.

-- 
Alastair D'Silva           mob: 0423 762 819
skype: alastair_dsilva    
Twitter: @EvilDeece
blog: http://alastair.d-silva.org

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From: "Alastair D'Silva" <alastair@d-silva.org>
To: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@linux.intel.com>,
	Joonas Lahtinen <joonas.lahtinen@linux.intel.com>,
	Rodrigo Vivi <rodrigo.vivi@intel.com>,
	David Airlie <airlied@linux.ie>, Daniel Vetter <daniel@ffwll.ch>,
	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>,
	Karsten Keil <isdn@linux-pingi.de>,
	Jassi Brar <jassisinghbrar@gmail.com>,
	Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Jose Abreu <Jose.Abreu@synopsys.com>,
	Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>,
	Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@redhat.com>,
	Benson Leung <bleung@chromium.org>,
	Enric Balletbo i Serra <enric.balletbo@collabora.com>,
	"James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@linux.ibm.com>,
	"Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@oracle.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	Alexa
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/7] Hexdump Enhancements
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2019 09:15:58 +1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <c68cb819257f251cbb66f8998a95c31cebe2d72e.camel@d-silva.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9a000734375c0801fc16b71f4be1235f9b857772.camel@perches.com>

On Wed, 2019-06-19 at 09:31 -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Mon, 2019-06-17 at 12:04 +1000, Alastair D'Silva wrote:
> > From: Alastair D'Silva <alastair@d-silva.org>
> > 
> > Apologies for the large CC list, it's a heads up for those
> > responsible
> > for subsystems where a prototype change in generic code causes a
> > change
> > in those subsystems.
> > 
> > This series enhances hexdump.
> 
> Still not a fan of these patches.

I'm afraid there's not too much action I can take on that, I'm happy to
address specific issues though.

> 
> > These improve the readability of the dumped data in certain
> > situations
> > (eg. wide terminals are available, many lines of empty bytes exist,
> > etc).
> 
> Changing hexdump's last argument from bool to int is odd.
> 

Think of it as replacing a single boolean with many booleans.

> Perhaps a new function should be added instead of changing
> the existing hexdump.
> 

There's only a handful of consumers, I don't think there is a value-add 
in creating more wrappers vs updating the existing callers.

-- 
Alastair D'Silva           mob: 0423 762 819
skype: alastair_dsilva    
Twitter: @EvilDeece
blog: http://alastair.d-silva.org

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From: "Alastair D'Silva" <alastair@d-silva.org>
To: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org,
	Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@redhat.com>,
	Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>, David Airlie <airlied@linux.ie>,
	Joonas Lahtinen <joonas.lahtinen@linux.intel.com>,
	dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, devel@driverdev.osuosl.org,
	linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, Jassi Brar <jassisinghbrar@gmail.com>,
	ath10k@lists.infradead.org, intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org,
	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>,
	Jose Abreu <Jose.Abreu@synopsys.com>,
	Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>,
	"James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@linux.ibm.com>,
	Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@linux.intel.com>,
	linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
	Rodrigo Vivi <rodrigo.vivi@intel.com>,
	Benson Leung <bleung@chromium.org>,
	Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>,
	Karsten Keil <isdn@linux-pingi.de>,
	"Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@oracle.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com>,
	David Laight <David.Laight@ACULAB.COM>,
	Daniel Vetter <daniel@ffwll.ch>,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org,
	Enric Balletbo i Serra <enric.balletbo@collabora.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/7] Hexdump Enhancements
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2019 09:15:58 +1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <c68cb819257f251cbb66f8998a95c31cebe2d72e.camel@d-silva.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9a000734375c0801fc16b71f4be1235f9b857772.camel@perches.com>

On Wed, 2019-06-19 at 09:31 -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Mon, 2019-06-17 at 12:04 +1000, Alastair D'Silva wrote:
> > From: Alastair D'Silva <alastair@d-silva.org>
> > 
> > Apologies for the large CC list, it's a heads up for those
> > responsible
> > for subsystems where a prototype change in generic code causes a
> > change
> > in those subsystems.
> > 
> > This series enhances hexdump.
> 
> Still not a fan of these patches.

I'm afraid there's not too much action I can take on that, I'm happy to
address specific issues though.

> 
> > These improve the readability of the dumped data in certain
> > situations
> > (eg. wide terminals are available, many lines of empty bytes exist,
> > etc).
> 
> Changing hexdump's last argument from bool to int is odd.
> 

Think of it as replacing a single boolean with many booleans.

> Perhaps a new function should be added instead of changing
> the existing hexdump.
> 

There's only a handful of consumers, I don't think there is a value-add 
in creating more wrappers vs updating the existing callers.

-- 
Alastair D'Silva           mob: 0423 762 819
skype: alastair_dsilva    
Twitter: @EvilDeece
blog: http://alastair.d-silva.org


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From: "Alastair D'Silva" <alastair@d-silva.org>
To: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org,
	Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@redhat.com>,
	Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>, David Airlie <airlied@linux.ie>,
	Joonas Lahtinen <joonas.lahtinen@linux.intel.com>,
	dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, devel@driverdev.osuosl.org,
	linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, Jassi Brar <jassisinghbrar@gmail.com>,
	ath10k@lists.infradead.org, intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org,
	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>,
	Jose Abreu <Jose.Abreu@synopsys.com>,
	Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>,
	"James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@linux.ibm.com>,
	Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@linux.intel.com>,
	linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
	Rodrigo Vivi <rodrigo.vivi@intel.com>,
	Benson Leung <bleung@chromium.org>,
	Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>,
	Karsten Keil <isdn@linux-pingi.de>,
	"Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@oracle.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com>,
	David Laight <David.Laight@ACULAB.COM>,
	Daniel Vetter <daniel@ffwll.ch>,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org,
	Enric Balletbo i Serra <enric.balletbo@collabora.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/7] Hexdump Enhancements
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2019 09:15:58 +1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <c68cb819257f251cbb66f8998a95c31cebe2d72e.camel@d-silva.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9a000734375c0801fc16b71f4be1235f9b857772.camel@perches.com>

On Wed, 2019-06-19 at 09:31 -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Mon, 2019-06-17 at 12:04 +1000, Alastair D'Silva wrote:
> > From: Alastair D'Silva <alastair@d-silva.org>
> > 
> > Apologies for the large CC list, it's a heads up for those
> > responsible
> > for subsystems where a prototype change in generic code causes a
> > change
> > in those subsystems.
> > 
> > This series enhances hexdump.
> 
> Still not a fan of these patches.

I'm afraid there's not too much action I can take on that, I'm happy to
address specific issues though.

> 
> > These improve the readability of the dumped data in certain
> > situations
> > (eg. wide terminals are available, many lines of empty bytes exist,
> > etc).
> 
> Changing hexdump's last argument from bool to int is odd.
> 

Think of it as replacing a single boolean with many booleans.

> Perhaps a new function should be added instead of changing
> the existing hexdump.
> 

There's only a handful of consumers, I don't think there is a value-add 
in creating more wrappers vs updating the existing callers.

-- 
Alastair D'Silva           mob: 0423 762 819
skype: alastair_dsilva    
Twitter: @EvilDeece
blog: http://alastair.d-silva.org



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  reply	other threads:[~2019-06-19 23:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 76+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-06-17  2:04 [PATCH v3 0/7] Hexdump Enhancements Alastair D'Silva
2019-06-17  2:04 ` Alastair D'Silva
2019-06-17  2:04 ` Alastair D'Silva
2019-06-17  2:04 ` Alastair D'Silva
2019-06-17  2:04 ` [PATCH v3 1/7] lib/hexdump.c: Fix selftests Alastair D'Silva
2019-06-17  2:04   ` Alastair D'Silva
2019-06-17  2:04   ` Alastair D'Silva
2019-06-17  2:04   ` Alastair D'Silva
2019-06-17  2:04 ` [PATCH v3 2/7] lib/hexdump.c: Relax rowsize checks in hex_dump_to_buffer Alastair D'Silva
2019-06-17  2:04   ` Alastair D'Silva
2019-06-17  2:04   ` Alastair D'Silva
2019-06-17  2:04   ` Alastair D'Silva
2019-06-17 22:47   ` Randy Dunlap
2019-06-17 22:47     ` Randy Dunlap
2019-06-17 22:47     ` Randy Dunlap
2019-06-17 22:47     ` Randy Dunlap
2019-06-18  0:57     ` Alastair D'Silva
2019-06-18  0:57       ` Alastair D'Silva
2019-06-18  0:57       ` Alastair D'Silva
2019-06-18  0:57       ` Alastair D'Silva
2019-06-17  2:04 ` [PATCH v3 3/7] lib/hexdump.c: Optionally suppress lines of repeated bytes Alastair D'Silva
2019-06-17  2:04   ` Alastair D'Silva
2019-06-17  2:04   ` Alastair D'Silva
2019-06-17  2:04   ` Alastair D'Silva
2019-06-17  4:07   ` Alastair D'Silva
2019-06-17  4:07     ` Alastair D'Silva
2019-06-17  4:07     ` Alastair D'Silva
2019-06-17  4:07     ` Alastair D'Silva
2019-06-17  2:04 ` [PATCH v3 4/7] lib/hexdump.c: Replace ascii bool in hex_dump_to_buffer with flags Alastair D'Silva
2019-06-17  2:04   ` Alastair D'Silva
2019-06-17  2:04   ` Alastair D'Silva
2019-06-17  2:04   ` Alastair D'Silva
2019-06-17  7:39   ` Jani Nikula
2019-06-17  7:39     ` Jani Nikula
2019-06-17  7:39     ` Jani Nikula
2019-06-17  7:39     ` Jani Nikula
2019-06-17  2:04 ` [PATCH v3 5/7] lib/hexdump.c: Allow multiple groups to be separated by lines '|' Alastair D'Silva
2019-06-17  2:04   ` Alastair D'Silva
2019-06-17  2:04   ` Alastair D'Silva
2019-06-17  2:04   ` Alastair D'Silva
2019-06-17  2:04 ` [PATCH v3 6/7] lib/hexdump.c: Allow multiple groups to be separated by spaces Alastair D'Silva
2019-06-17  2:04   ` Alastair D'Silva
2019-06-17  2:04   ` Alastair D'Silva
2019-06-17  2:04   ` Alastair D'Silva
2019-06-17  2:04 ` [PATCH v3 7/7] lib/hexdump.c: Optionally retain byte ordering Alastair D'Silva
2019-06-17  2:04   ` Alastair D'Silva
2019-06-17  2:04   ` Alastair D'Silva
2019-06-17  2:04   ` Alastair D'Silva
2019-06-19 16:31 ` [PATCH v3 0/7] Hexdump Enhancements Joe Perches
2019-06-19 16:31   ` Joe Perches
2019-06-19 16:31   ` Joe Perches
2019-06-19 16:31   ` Joe Perches
2019-06-19 23:15   ` Alastair D'Silva [this message]
2019-06-19 23:15     ` Alastair D'Silva
2019-06-19 23:15     ` Alastair D'Silva
2019-06-19 23:15     ` Alastair D'Silva
2019-06-19 23:15     ` Alastair D'Silva
2019-06-20  0:35     ` Joe Perches
2019-06-20  0:35       ` Joe Perches
2019-06-20  0:35       ` Joe Perches
2019-06-20  0:35       ` Joe Perches
2019-06-20  1:14       ` Alastair D'Silva
2019-06-20  1:14         ` Alastair D'Silva
2019-06-20  1:14         ` Alastair D'Silva
2019-06-20  1:14         ` Alastair D'Silva
2019-06-20  1:14         ` Alastair D'Silva
2019-06-20  2:00         ` Joe Perches
2019-06-20  2:00           ` Joe Perches
2019-06-20  2:00           ` Joe Perches
2019-06-20  2:00           ` Joe Perches
2019-06-20  2:00           ` Joe Perches
2019-06-20 10:50           ` Jani Nikula
2019-06-20 10:50             ` Jani Nikula
2019-06-20 10:50             ` Jani Nikula
2019-06-20 10:50             ` Jani Nikula
2019-06-20 10:50             ` Jani Nikula

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