Re: [PATCH] Documentation: Mention why %p prints ptrval
On Thu, 22 Mar 2018 15:53:36 +1030 Joel Stanleywrote: > When debugging recent kernels, people will see '(ptrval)' but there > isn't much information as to what that means. Briefly describe why it's > there. Applied, thanks. jon -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Re: [PATCH] Documentation: Mention why %p prints ptrval
On Thu, Mar 22, 2018 at 03:53:36PM +1030, Joel Stanley wrote: > When debugging recent kernels, people will see '(ptrval)' but there > isn't much information as to what that means. Briefly describe why it's > there. > > Signed-off-by: Joel Stanley> --- > Documentation/core-api/printk-formats.rst | 4 ++-- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/printk-formats.rst > b/Documentation/core-api/printk-formats.rst > index 934559b3c130..eb30efdd2e78 100644 > --- a/Documentation/core-api/printk-formats.rst > +++ b/Documentation/core-api/printk-formats.rst > @@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ Plain Pointers > Pointers printed without a specifier extension (i.e unadorned %p) are > hashed to prevent leaking information about the kernel memory layout. This > has the added benefit of providing a unique identifier. On 64-bit machines > -the first 32 bits are zeroed. If you *really* want the address see %px > -below. > +the first 32 bits are zeroed. The kernel will print ``(ptrval)`` until it > +gathers enough entropy. If you *really* want the address see %px below. Acked-by: Tobin C. Harding thanks, Tobin. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
[PATCH] Documentation: Mention why %p prints ptrval
When debugging recent kernels, people will see '(ptrval)' but there isn't much information as to what that means. Briefly describe why it's there. Signed-off-by: Joel Stanley--- Documentation/core-api/printk-formats.rst | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/printk-formats.rst b/Documentation/core-api/printk-formats.rst index 934559b3c130..eb30efdd2e78 100644 --- a/Documentation/core-api/printk-formats.rst +++ b/Documentation/core-api/printk-formats.rst @@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ Plain Pointers Pointers printed without a specifier extension (i.e unadorned %p) are hashed to prevent leaking information about the kernel memory layout. This has the added benefit of providing a unique identifier. On 64-bit machines -the first 32 bits are zeroed. If you *really* want the address see %px -below. +the first 32 bits are zeroed. The kernel will print ``(ptrval)`` until it +gathers enough entropy. If you *really* want the address see %px below. Symbols/Function Pointers - -- 2.15.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html