Re: [PATCH] lib/hexdump

[Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>]

On Thu, 3 May 2007 09:01:31 +0200 (MEST) Jan Engelhardt wrote:

> 
> On May 2 2007 15:35, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> >
> >Add hex_dumper() to lib/hexdump.c and linux/kernel.h.
> 
> Right - we've got the second user already, namely the PANIC/OOPS
> code print. (The last line, aka "bytes at EIP" under Windows.)
> 
> Jan  6 14:40:14 deekin kernel: Call Trace:
> Jan  6 14:40:14 deekin kernel:  [<c02060b3>] is_complete+0x2c3/0x310
> Jan  6 14:40:14 deekin kernel:  [<c02037c0>] run+0x30/0x40
> Jan  6 14:40:14 deekin kernel:  [<c0125b6d>] worker_thread+0x1bd/0x2b0
> Jan  6 14:40:14 deekin kernel:  [<c0203790>] run+0x0/0x40
> Jan  6 14:40:14 deekin kernel:  [<c0113b10>] default_wake_function+0x0/0x20
> Jan  6 14:40:14 deekin kernel:  [<c0108fd6>] ret_from_fork+0x6/0x20
> Jan  6 14:40:14 deekin kernel:  [<c0113b10>] default_wake_function+0x0/0x20
> Jan  6 14:40:14 deekin kernel:  [<c01259b0>] worker_thread+0x0/0x2b0
> Jan  6 14:40:14 deekin kernel:  [<c0107175>] kernel_thread_helper+0x5/0x10
> Jan  6 14:40:14 deekin kernel: Code: 89 02 8b 41 04 8b 40 3c 8b 53 04 89 42 3c
> 8b 41 04

plus intel wireless drivers, 2 MTD/flash drivers, and search
kernel tree for hexdump (function name that I wanted to use, but
it's already used), hex_dump, dump_hex, dump_mem, etc.

Andrew says that he knew of 9 hex dumpers in-tree.  :)

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