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Date:	Tue, 4 Aug 2015 12:04:53 +0800
From:	yalin wang <yalin.wang2010@...il.com>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:	Don Brace <don.brace@...s.com>,
	open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	iss_storagedev@...com, storagedev@...s.com,
	linux-scsi <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [TRIVIAL PATCH] block: Correct misuses of 0x%<decimal>


> On Aug 4, 2015, at 10:27, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 2015-08-04 at 10:19 +0800, yalin wang wrote:
>> Ping ? 
>>> On Aug 3, 2015, at 16:56, yalin wang <yalin.wang2010@...il.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Aug 3, 2015, at 16:03, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> On Mon, 2015-08-03 at 15:25 +0800, yalin wang wrote:
>>>>>> On Aug 3, 2015, at 04:25, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Correct misuse of 0x%d in logging messages.
>>>>>> 
>>>> []
>>>>> why not use like this : dev_dbg(&h->pdev->dev, "   Max outstanding 
>>>>> commands = %#x\n”  ? 
>>>>> %#x will add 0x prefix automatically .
>>>> 
>>>> It's generally a consistency thing.
>>>> A 0 value would be emitted as 0 and not 0x0.
>>>> 
>>> i try on my ubuntu , 
>>> 
>>> static int __init throtl_init(void)                                                                                                           
>>> {                                                                                
>>>        printk("module init test: %#x %p\n", 0, (void *)0x123);                  
>>>         return 0;                                                                   
>>> 
>>> }                                                                                   
>>> 
>>> module_init(throtl_init); 
>>> 
>>> #uname -a
>>> Linux ubuntu 3.16.0-38-generic #52~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Fri May 8 09:43:57 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>>> 
>>> #dmesg
>>> [259356.375586] module init test: 0x0 0000000000000123
>>> 
>>> it seems don’t need 0x%x for 0, just need %#x for all numbers.
>>> there are lots of use like this, i can change them if needed:
>>> 
>>> # egrep -r  -i '0x%\d*x'  .  | wc -l 
>>> 11776
> 
> I suggest not, it's not a standard usage and the 0
> may be unexpected.
> 
ok, printk for %x  is really not compatible with glibc printf behavior,
another is %p,  printk print %p as hex but not with 0x prefix, while
printf print %p as 0x…. with prefix, is this need change ?
so we don’t need lots of 0x%p printk .









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