[PATCH 0/2] vsprintf: remove redundant %pCn format specifier

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

Hi Luca,

On Fri, 7 Mar 2025 at 12:19, Luca Ceresoli <luca.ceresoli at bootlin.com> wrote:
> There are two printk format specifiers for clocks: %pC and %pCn, and they
> print exactly the same string. The reason for having two is not totally
> clear (see discussion in patch 2), but there seem to be no advantage in
> having two instead of one.
>
> Definitely having two without properly documenting they do the same creates
> misunderstandings [0].
>
> Since %pCn is used in a single place, replace it with %pC and remove %pCn
> to simplify such format specifiers implementation and avoid
> misunderstandings.
>
> [0] https://lore.kernel.org/dri-devel/71c44221-b18b-4928-8faf-00893ec4a109@nxp.com/

The link looks unrelated?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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