Bug 215747

Summary: [patch] kldstat: align hex sizes to the right
Product: Base System Reporter: Alexander von Gernler <grunk>
Component: binAssignee: Eitan Adler <eadler>
Status: Closed FIXED    
Severity: Affects Only Me CC: emaste
Priority: --- Keywords: patch
Version: CURRENT   
Hardware: Any   
OS: Any   

Description Alexander von Gernler 2017-01-03 23:15:37 UTC
kldstat(1) outputs something like

$ kldstat
Id Refs Address            Size     Name
 1   16 0xffffffff80200000 1fa7c38  kernel
 2    1 0xffffffff82221000 3710     ums.ko
 3    1 0xffffffff82225000 1fe5a3   zfs.ko
 4    1 0xffffffff82424000 811f     opensolaris.ko
 5    1 0xffffffff8242d000 10582    geom_eli.ko

I can not see the advantage of the "Size" column being aligned to the left, but maybe I am missing something.  As the code shows, the minus in the "%-8zx" modifier seems to have been entered on some purpose.

However, I would think of an output like this to be more useful:

$ ./kldstat
Id Refs Address            Size     Name
 1   16 0xffffffff80200000  1fa7c38 kernel
 2    1 0xffffffff82221000     3710 ums.ko
 3    1 0xffffffff82225000   1fe5a3 zfs.ko
 4    1 0xffffffff82424000     811f opensolaris.ko
 5    1 0xffffffff8242d000    10582 geom_eli.ko

If this makes sense to you, please profit from the following simple patch.
If not, I am sorry for the noise, and would be grateful for an explanation why left-aligned is more helpful to the user.

Index: kldstat.c
===================================================================
--- kldstat.c   (revision 310867)
+++ kldstat.c   (working copy)
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
               printf("%2d %4d %p %5s %s",
                   stat.id, stat.refs, stat.address, buf, stat.name);
        } else {
-               printf("%2d %4d %p %-8zx %s",
+               printf("%2d %4d %p %8zx %s",
                    stat.id, stat.refs, stat.address, stat.size, stat.name);
        }
     }
Comment 1 Eitan Adler freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2018-05-23 12:08:14 UTC
It seems like this was already committed some time ago (before r294624).
Comment 2 Eitan Adler freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2018-05-23 12:08:52 UTC
I lied. I inverted the patch in my head.
Comment 3 commit-hook freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2018-05-23 12:11:17 UTC
A commit references this bug:

Author: eadler
Date: Wed May 23 12:10:16 UTC 2018
New revision: 334093
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/334093

Log:
  kldstat: align size to the right

  This makes it easier to compare numbers directly.

  PR:		215747
  Submitted by:	"Alexander von Gernler" <grunk@pestilenz.org>

Changes:
  head/sbin/kldstat/kldstat.c