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    vsprintf: add support for '%pS' and '%pF' pointer formats · 0fe1ef24
    Linus Torvalds authored
    
    
    They print out a pointer in symbolic format, if possible (ie using
    symbolic KALLSYMS information).  The '%pS' format is for regular direct
    pointers (which can point to data or code and that you find on the stack
    during backtraces etc), while '%pF' is for C function pointer types.
    
    On most architectures, the two mean exactly the same thing, but some
    architectures use an indirect pointer for C function pointers, where the
    function pointer points to a function descriptor (which in turn contains
    the actual pointer to the code).  The '%pF' code automatically does the
    appropriate function descriptor dereference on such architectures.
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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