linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 8/9] x86: ramdisk info print with high bits.

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Date:	Fri, 16 Nov 2012 11:32:50 -0800
From:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 8/9] x86: ramdisk info print with high bits.

On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 11:21 AM, Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 8:05 AM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com> wrote:
>> On 11/16/2012 12:53 AM, Yinghai Lu wrote:
>>> ramdisk could be loaded high now for 64bit.
>>>
>>> So need to print more digits for them.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
>>> Cc: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@...el.com>
>>> ---
>>>  arch/x86/kernel/setup.c |    8 ++++----
>>>  1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
>>> index c2eb535..0e13c6e 100644
>>> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
>>> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
>>> @@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ static void __init relocate_initrd(void)
>>>       memblock_reserve(ramdisk_here, area_size);
>>>       initrd_start = ramdisk_here + PAGE_OFFSET;
>>>       initrd_end   = initrd_start + ramdisk_size;
>>> -     printk(KERN_INFO "Allocated new RAMDISK: [mem %#010llx-%#010llx]\n",
>>> +     printk(KERN_INFO "Allocated new RAMDISK: [mem %#018llx-%#018llx]\n",
>>>                        ramdisk_here, ramdisk_here + ramdisk_size - 1);
>>
>> NAK, this is expected to match the resource print format (%pR), which
>> prints 10 digits by default and then expands.  Furthermore, printing
>> *18* digits is downright silly since we still don't have 72-bit addressing.
>
> that is the same as in e820_print_map::
>
>                 printk(KERN_INFO "%s: [mem %#018Lx-%#018Lx] ", who,
>                        (unsigned long long) e820.map[i].addr,
>                        (unsigned long long)
>                        (e820.map[i].addr + e820.map[i].size - 1));
>
>
> that is for 64bit address.
>
> that extra 2 is for "0x"
>
> or you prefer to cast them to pointer and use %pR for them all?
>
> or fix printk to add extra 2 for "0x" when # is found?

looks like we have lots of %#010llx or %#010Lx there in arch/x86.

We need to fix printk to make it acting like %pR ?
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