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SubjectRe: [PATCH v4 6/9] vsprintf: Factor out %pV handler as va_format()
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On Fri, 2018-04-06 at 15:12 +0200, Petr Mladek wrote:
> On Wed 2018-04-04 07:26:07, Joe Perches wrote:
> > On Wed, 2018-04-04 at 10:58 +0200, Petr Mladek wrote:
> > > Move the code from the long pointer() function. We are going to add a check
> > > for the access to the address that will make it even more complicated.
> > >
> > > This patch does not change the existing behavior.
> >
> > But it might increase stack consumption.
> >
> > As the %pV is recursive, this is may not be a good thing.
>
> It seems to be safe to pass just a pointer to struct printf_spec.
> In fact, it would make sense to use this also in string() and
> __string() calls. Copying 64 bytes many times look useless.

huh?

struct printf_spec is 64 bits, the same size as a
pointer on 64 bit systems.

I'm dubious about this entire patch series.

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