On Wed, 2015-12-09 at 14:09 -0700, Keith Busch wrote:
> MAC addresses may be formed using rules based on EUI-64, which is 2 bytes
> longer than a typical 6-byte MAC. This patch adds a long specifier to
> the %pM format to support the extended unique identifier.
> 
> Since there are now two cases that use the default ':' separator, this
> initializes the separator during its declaration, and removes the switch
> fall through case.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Keith Busch <[email protected]>
> ---
> Changed from previos version:
> 
>   Fixed checks for the 'l' specifier. This can be in fmt[1] or fmt[2],
>   pointed out by Joe Perches from original review (thanks!).
[]
> diff --git a/lib/vsprintf.c b/lib/vsprintf.c
[]
> @@ -902,20 +902,33 @@ char *mac_address_string(char *buf, char *end, u8 *addr,
>  
>       case 'R':
>               reversed = true;
> -             /* fall through */
> +             break;
> +
> +     case 'l':
> +             bytes = 8;
> +             break;
>  
>       default:
> -             separator = ':';
>               break;
>       }
> +     if (separator == '-' || reversed) {
> +             /* 'F' and 'R' may take additional length specifier */
> +             switch (fmt[2]) {
> +             case 'l':
> +                     bytes = 8;
> +                     break;
> +             default:
> +                     break;
> +             }
> +     }
> 

Using a while (isalpha(*++fmt)) loop like ip6_addr_string_sa
would probably be simpler.
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