vsprintf: add %pMR for Bluetooth MAC address

Bluetooth uses mostly LE byte order which is reversed for visual interpretation. Currently in Bluetooth in use unsafe batostr function. This is a slightly modified version of Joe's patch (sent Sat, Dec 4, 2010). Signed-off-by: Andrei Emeltchenko <[email protected]> Cc: Joe Perches <[email protected]> Cc: Marcel Holtmann <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
vieko · Jul 31, 2012 · 76597ff · 76597ff
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diff --git a/Documentation/printk-formats.txt b/Documentation/printk-formats.txt
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ Struct Resources:
 MAC/FDDI addresses:
 
 	%pM	00:01:02:03:04:05
+	%pMR	05:04:03:02:01:00
 	%pMF	00-01-02-03-04-05
 	%pm	000102030405
 
@@ -67,6 +68,10 @@ MAC/FDDI addresses:
 	the 'M' specifier to use dash ('-') separators instead of the default
 	separator.
 
+	For Bluetooth addresses the 'R' specifier shall be used after the 'M'
+	specifier to use reversed byte order suitable for visual interpretation
+	of Bluetooth addresses which are in the little endian order.
+
 IPv4 addresses:
 
 	%pI4	1.2.3.4

diff --git a/lib/vsprintf.c b/lib/vsprintf.c
@@ -662,15 +662,28 @@ char *mac_address_string(char *buf, char *end, u8 *addr,
 	char *p = mac_addr;
 	int i;
 	char separator;
+	bool reversed = false;
 
-	if (fmt[1] == 'F') {		/* FDDI canonical format */
+	switch (fmt[1]) {
+	case 'F':
 		separator = '-';
-	} else {
+		break;
+
+	case 'R':
+		reversed = true;
+		/* fall through */
+
+	default:
 		separator = ':';
+		break;
 	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < 6; i++) {
-		p = hex_byte_pack(p, addr[i]);
+		if (reversed)
+			p = hex_byte_pack(p, addr[5 - i]);
+		else
+			p = hex_byte_pack(p, addr[i]);
+
 		if (fmt[0] == 'M' && i != 5)
 			*p++ = separator;
 	}
@@ -933,6 +946,7 @@ int kptr_restrict __read_mostly;
  * - 'm' For a 6-byte MAC address, it prints the hex address without colons
  * - 'MF' For a 6-byte MAC FDDI address, it prints the address
  *       with a dash-separated hex notation
+ * - '[mM]R For a 6-byte MAC address, Reverse order (Bluetooth)
  * - 'I' [46] for IPv4/IPv6 addresses printed in the usual way
  *       IPv4 uses dot-separated decimal without leading 0's (1.2.3.4)
  *       IPv6 uses colon separated network-order 16 bit hex with leading 0's
@@ -995,7 +1009,8 @@ char *pointer(const char *fmt, char *buf, char *end, void *ptr,
 		return resource_string(buf, end, ptr, spec, fmt);
 	case 'M':			/* Colon separated: 00:01:02:03:04:05 */
 	case 'm':			/* Contiguous: 000102030405 */
-					/* [mM]F (FDDI, bit reversed) */
+					/* [mM]F (FDDI) */
+					/* [mM]R (Reverse order; Bluetooth) */
 		return mac_address_string(buf, end, ptr, spec, fmt);
 	case 'I':			/* Formatted IP supported
 					 * 4:	1.2.3.4