linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][mtd-next] mtd: parser: print hex size_t value using correct %zx printk format specifier

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Date:   Fri, 23 Jun 2017 19:03:11 +0100
From:   Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
To:     Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>,
        Rafał Miłecki <rafal@...ecki.pl>
Cc:     David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
        Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...e-electrons.com>,
        Marek Vasut <marek.vasut@...il.com>,
        Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>,
        Cyrille Pitchen <cyrille.pitchen@...ev4u.fr>,
        linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][mtd-next] mtd: parser: print hex size_t value using
 correct %zx printk format specifier

On 23/06/17 18:51, Brian Norris wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 23, 2017 at 12:02:34PM +0200, Rafał Miłecki wrote:
>> On 2017-06-23 11:00, Colin King wrote:
>>> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
>>>
>>> Use %zx instead of %X for size_t variable offset, fixes build warning:
>>>
>>> warning: format '%X' expects argument of type 'unsigned int', but
>>> argument
>>> 2 has type 'size_t {aka long unsigned int}' [-Wformat=]
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
>>
>> I sent similar patch few hours earlier:
>> [PATCH] mtd: parsers: trx: fix pr_err format for printing offset
>> https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/779789/
>>
>> Brian: you may pick the one with nicer commit message, whichever one you
>> prefer :)
> 
> I'll go with:
> (a) the earlier one and
> (b) the one that doesn't change 'X' to 'x'
> 
> That means Rafał, you're our lucky winner today! Thanks for playing,
> Colin.

FYI, I used %zx rather than %zX as couldn't find any instances of it in
the kernel and I wasn't 100% sure if it was supported or not.

linux-next:

$ git grep "%zx" | wc -l
161

$ git grep "%zX" | wc -l
0

Colin

> 
> Regards,
> Brian
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