linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: small unifications of address printing

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Message-ID: <87d4lxtq3h.fsf@basil.nowhere.org>
Date:	Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:29:54 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: small unifications of address printing

Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@...il.com> writes:

> 'man 3 printf' tells me that %p should be printed as if by %#x, but
> this is not true for the kernel, which does not use the '0x' prefix
> for the %p conversion specifier.

Problem is that %p will not pad to 8/16 digits. Addresses are traditionally
padded.

-Andi
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