Messages in this thread | | | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Date | Tue, 10 Oct 2017 16:16:55 -0700 | Subject | Re: [PATCH 0/3] add %pX specifier |
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On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 4:09 PM, Tobin C. Harding <me@tobin.cc> wrote: > > This patch is a softer version of Linus' suggestion because it does not change the behaviour of the > %p specifier. I don't see the benefit in making such a breaking change without addressing the issue > of %x (and I don't the balls to right now).
The thing is, this continues to have the exact same issue that %pK has - because it is opt-in, effectively nobody will actually use it.
That's why I would suggest that if we do this way, we really change %p and %pa to use the hashed value, to convert *everybody*. And then people who have a good reason to actually expose the pointer have to do the extra work and opt out.
Linus
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