linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] use %p for pointers

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Message-ID: <17710.12002.651934.995885@gargle.gargle.HOWL>
Date:	Thu, 12 Oct 2006 16:02:42 +0400
From:	Nikita Danilov <nikita@...sterfs.com>
To:	Andreas Schwab <schwab@...e.de>
Cc:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de>, torvalds@...l.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Al Viro <viro@....linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] use %p for pointers

Andreas Schwab writes:
 > Nikita Danilov <nikita@...sterfs.com> writes:
 > 
 > > man 3 printf:
 > >
 > >        p      The void * pointer argument is printed in hexadeci-
 > >               mal (as if by %#x or %#lx).
 > >
 > > so %p already has to output '0x',
 > 
 > That is an detail of this particular implementation.
 > 
 > > it's lib/vsprintf.c to blame for non-conforming behavior.
 > 
 > The standard makes it completely implementation defined.

Yes, but POSIX/SUS aside, at least we might make kernel version closer
to Linux user-level.

 > 
 > Andreas.

Nikita.

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