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

Andy Shevchenko andriy.shevchenko at linux.intel.com
Fri Mar 7 09:17:26 PST 2025


On Fri, Mar 07, 2025 at 12:19:08PM +0100, Luca Ceresoli wrote:
> %pC and %pCn print the same string, and commit 900cca294425 ("lib/vsprintf:
> add %pC{,n,r} format specifiers for clocks") introducing them does not
> clarify any intended difference. It can be assumed %pC is a default for
> %pCn as some other specifiers do, but not all are consistent with this
> policy. Moreover there is now no other suffix other than 'n', which makes a
> default not really useful.
> 
> All users in the kernel were using %pC except for one which has been
> converted. So now remove %pCn and all the unnecessary extra code and
> documentation.

You seem forgot to update translation(s) of the documentation.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko





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