Re: [PATCH] Print arrays like Linux does

Sean Anderson <[email protected]> Mon, 20 Oct 2025 12:17:05 -0400
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-trace-devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 8/26/24 17:00, Sean Anderson wrote:
> In Linux, trace_print_array_seq prints array elements as hexadecimal
> numbers, separates them with commas, and surrounds the whole thing with
> curly braces. Modify print_str_arg to use the same formatting.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sean Anderson <[email protected]>
> ---
> 
>  src/event-parse.c | 12 +++++++-----
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/src/event-parse.c b/src/event-parse.c
> index ba4a153..3c6f6f2 100644
> --- a/src/event-parse.c
> +++ b/src/event-parse.c
> @@ -4938,18 +4938,19 @@ static void print_str_arg(struct trace_seq *s, void *data, int size,
>  		len = eval_num_arg(data, size, event, arg->int_array.count);
>  		el_size = eval_num_arg(data, size, event,
>  				       arg->int_array.el_size);
> +		trace_seq_putc(s, '{');
>  		for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
>  			if (i)
> -				trace_seq_putc(s, ' ');
> +				trace_seq_putc(s, ',');
>  
>  			if (el_size == 1) {
> -				trace_seq_printf(s, "%u", *(uint8_t *)num);
> +				trace_seq_printf(s, "0x%x", *(uint8_t *)num);
>  			} else if (el_size == 2) {
> -				trace_seq_printf(s, "%u", *(uint16_t *)num);
> +				trace_seq_printf(s, "0x%x", *(uint16_t *)num);
>  			} else if (el_size == 4) {
> -				trace_seq_printf(s, "%u", *(uint32_t *)num);
> +				trace_seq_printf(s, "0x%x", *(uint32_t *)num);
>  			} else if (el_size == 8) {
> -				trace_seq_printf(s, "%"PRIu64, *(uint64_t *)num);
> +				trace_seq_printf(s, "0x%"PRIx64, *(uint64_t *)num);
>  			} else {
>  				trace_seq_printf(s, "BAD SIZE:%d 0x%x",
>  						 el_size, *(uint8_t *)num);
> @@ -4958,6 +4959,7 @@ static void print_str_arg(struct trace_seq *s, void *data, int size,
>  
>  			num += el_size;
>  		}
> +		trace_seq_putc(s, '}');
>  		break;
>  	}
>  	case TEP_PRINT_TYPE:

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