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Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2017 21:29:24 -0800
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To: tcharding <me@...in.cc>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH V11 4/5] vsprintf: add printk specifier %px

On Dec 6, 2017 21:17, "Tobin C. Harding" <me@...in.cc> wrote:


> hm, indeed. and !CONFIG_KALLSYMS config turns %pS/%ps
> into special_hex_number().

But totally misses this :(

"<no-sym>" would be better returned when !CONFIG_KALLSYMS, right?


No, we still want those configurations to be debuggable.

If !CONFIG_KALLSYMS, we'll just continue print the hex number. It's not a
normal configuration, leaking an address there is fine, and preferable to
"cannot debug"

   Linus

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