Re: [git pull] kgdb light, v5

On Feb 10, 2008 8:36 AM, Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> wrote:
+#ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
+ } else if ((count == 8) && (((long)mem & 7) == 0)) {
+ u64 tmp_ll;
+ if (probe_kernel_address(mem, tmp_ll))
+ return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+
+ mem += 8;
+#ifdef __BIG_ENDIAN
+ *buf++ = hexchars[(tmp_ll >> 60) & 0xf];
+ *buf++ = hexchars[(tmp_ll >> 56) & 0xf];
+ *buf++ = hexchars[(tmp_ll >> 52) & 0xf];
+ *buf++ = hexchars[(tmp_ll >> 48) & 0xf];
+ *buf++ = hexchars[(tmp_ll >> 44) & 0xf];
+ *buf++ = hexchars[(tmp_ll >> 40) & 0xf];
+ *buf++ = hexchars[(tmp_ll >> 36) & 0xf];
+ *buf++ = hexchars[(tmp_ll >> 32) & 0xf];
+ *buf++ = hexchars[(tmp_ll >> 28) & 0xf];
+ *buf++ = hexchars[(tmp_ll >> 24) & 0xf];
+ *buf++ = hexchars[(tmp_ll >> 20) & 0xf];
+ *buf++ = hexchars[(tmp_ll >> 16) & 0xf];
+ *buf++ = hexchars[(tmp_ll >> 12) & 0xf];
+ *buf++ = hexchars[(tmp_ll >> 8) & 0xf];
+ *buf++ = hexchars[(tmp_ll >> 4) & 0xf];
+ *buf++ = hexchars[tmp_ll & 0xf];
+#else
+ *buf++ = hexchars[(tmp_ll >> 4) & 0xf];
+ *buf++ = hexchars[tmp_ll & 0xf];
+ *buf++ = hexchars[(tmp_ll >> 12) & 0xf];
+ *buf++ = hexchars[(tmp_ll >> 8) & 0xf];
+ *buf++ = hexchars[(tmp_ll >> 20) & 0xf];
+ *buf++ = hexchars[(tmp_ll >> 16) & 0xf];
+ *buf++ = hexchars[(tmp_ll >> 28) & 0xf];
+ *buf++ = hexchars[(tmp_ll >> 24) & 0xf];
+ *buf++ = hexchars[(tmp_ll >> 36) & 0xf];
+ *buf++ = hexchars[(tmp_ll >> 32) & 0xf];
+ *buf++ = hexchars[(tmp_ll >> 44) & 0xf];
+ *buf++ = hexchars[(tmp_ll >> 40) & 0xf];
+ *buf++ = hexchars[(tmp_ll >> 52) & 0xf];
+ *buf++ = hexchars[(tmp_ll >> 48) & 0xf];
+ *buf++ = hexchars[(tmp_ll >> 60) & 0xf];
+ *buf++ = hexchars[(tmp_ll >> 56) & 0xf];
+#endif

Am I missing something? (I'm due, so it's not really a rhetorical
question :-) .) Wouldn't

unsigned int void u64_to_hex(u64 val, unsigned char *buf)
{
int i;
for (i=15; i>=0; i--) {
buf[i] = hexchars[ val & 0x0f ];
val >>= 4;
}
return 16;
}
...
buf += u64_to_hex(cpu_to_be64(tmp_ll), buf);

be clearer both visually, and code-as-intent? (And equivalent helpers
for u32, u16 -- though they could all be rolled into one.)
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