Currently pointer() checks for a NULL pointer argument and then if so
attempts to print "(null)" with _some_ standard width. This width cannot
correctly be ascertained here because many of the printk specifiers
print pointers of varying widths.
Remove the attempt to print NULL pointers with a correct width.
Signed-off-by: Tobin C. Harding <m...@tobin.cc>
---
lib/vsprintf.c | 9 +--------
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/lib/vsprintf.c b/lib/vsprintf.c
index 86c3385b9eb3..16a587aed40e 100644
--- a/lib/vsprintf.c
+++ b/lib/vsprintf.c
@@ -1710,15 +1710,8 @@ char *pointer(const char *fmt, char *buf, char *end,
void *ptr,
{
const int default_width = 2 * sizeof(void *);
- if (!ptr && *fmt != 'K') {
- /*
- * Print (null) with the same width as a pointer so it makes
- * tabular output look nice.
- */
- if (spec.field_width == -1)
- spec.field_width = default_width;
+ if (!ptr && *fmt != 'K')
return string(buf, end, "(null)", spec);
- }
switch (*fmt) {
case 'F':
--
2.7.4
