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author | James Morris <jmorris@namei.org> | 2008-11-14 11:29:12 +1100 |
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committer | James Morris <jmorris@namei.org> | 2008-11-14 11:29:12 +1100 |
commit | 2b828925652340277a889cbc11b2d0637f7cdaf7 (patch) | |
tree | 32fcb3d3e466fc419fad2d3717956a5b5ad3d35a /Documentation/printk-formats.txt | |
parent | 3a3b7ce9336952ea7b9564d976d068a238976c9d (diff) | |
parent | 58e20d8d344b0ee083febb18c2b021d2427e56ca (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'master' into next
Conflicts:
security/keys/internal.h
security/keys/process_keys.c
security/keys/request_key.c
Fixed conflicts above by using the non 'tsk' versions.
Signed-off-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
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diff --git a/Documentation/printk-formats.txt b/Documentation/printk-formats.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1b5a5dd --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/printk-formats.txt @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ +If variable is of Type, use printk format specifier: +--------------------------------------------------------- + int %d or %x + unsigned int %u or %x + long %ld or %lx + unsigned long %lu or %lx + long long %lld or %llx + unsigned long long %llu or %llx + size_t %zu or %zx + ssize_t %zd or %zx + +Raw pointer value SHOULD be printed with %p. + +u64 SHOULD be printed with %llu/%llx, (unsigned long long): + + printk("%llu", (unsigned long long)u64_var); + +s64 SHOULD be printed with %lld/%llx, (long long): + + printk("%lld", (long long)s64_var); + +If <type> is dependent on a config option for its size (e.g., sector_t, +blkcnt_t, phys_addr_t, resource_size_t) or is architecture-dependent +for its size (e.g., tcflag_t), use a format specifier of its largest +possible type and explicitly cast to it. Example: + + printk("test: sector number/total blocks: %llu/%llu\n", + (unsigned long long)sector, (unsigned long long)blockcount); + +Reminder: sizeof() result is of type size_t. + +Thank you for your cooperation and attention. + + +By Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> |