On 5 October 2012 02:06, Kent A. Reed <[email protected]> wrote:

> That "in-place bit" you question refers to the black magic in do_div()
> (which is actually a macro that generates asm code) that replaces the
> dividend by the quotient during the computation and returns the
> remainder as the value of the function.

But I thought C always passed by value. This is not the case here.

> The thing was originally written explicitly for "printk()"
> and nothing else."

Which, interestingly, is exactly what I am using it for. Except I am
using it to add the ability to print floating point values in my own
private printk.

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