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authorWenji Huang <wenji.huang@oracle.com>2009-04-27 05:38:18 -0400
committerWenji Huang <wenji.huang@oracle.com>2009-04-26 23:05:04 -0400
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PR10099: Extend %M directive to support hexdumping large buffers
This patch will make %M directive dump the variable width buffer in hex format instead of returning uint64_t number as before. * runtime/vsprintf.c: Modify %M directive. * stap.1.in: Update description. * testsuite/systemtap.printf/memory1.stp: Add test case.
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@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ Signed decimal.
Safely reads kernel memory at the given address, outputs its content. The precision specifier determines the number of bytes to read. Default is 1 byte.
.TP
%M
-Same as %m, but outputs in hexadecimal. The precision specifier determines the number of hexadecimal digits to output. Default is 1 digit.
+Same as %m, but outputs in hexadecimal. The minimal size of output is double the precision specifier.
.TP
%o
Unsigned octal.