linux-kernel - Re: [patch] fix printk format typo in boot ftracer.

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Date:	Sun, 5 Oct 2008 13:36:02 +0200
From:	"Frédéric Weisbecker" <fweisbec@...il.com>
To:	"Arjan van de Ven" <arjan@...radead.org>
Cc:	mingo@...e.hu, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch] fix printk format typo in boot ftracer.

2008/10/5 Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>:
> it's more than precision, it's correctness.
>
> doing "0.%02i" will do
> 0.100  if you pass it 100 and
> 0.10   if you pass it 10
>
> and most off the time, except the first 0.1 seconds, you'll be passing
> it 9 digits, but the first 0.1 seconds.. the %06 will just give really
> incorrect results.

That's right indeed.

Thanks!
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