linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/5] Revert "kmemtrace: fix printk format warnings"

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Date:	Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:32:14 -0700 (PDT)
From:	"Randy.Dunlap" <rdunlap@...otime.net>
To:	Eduard - Gabriel Munteanu <eduard.munteanu@...ux360.ro>
cc:	"Randy.Dunlap" <rdunlap@...otime.net>, penberg@...helsinki.fi,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org, mpm@...enic.com,
	tglx@...utronix.de, rostedt@...dmis.org, cl@...ux-foundation.org,
	mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca, tzanussi@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] Revert "kmemtrace: fix printk format warnings"

On Tue, 19 Aug 2008, Eduard - Gabriel Munteanu wrote:

> On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 10:51:32AM -0700, Randy.Dunlap wrote:
> > On Tue, 19 Aug 2008, Eduard - Gabriel Munteanu wrote:
> > 
> > > This reverts commit 79cf3d5e207243eecb1c4331c569e17700fa08fa.
> > > 
> > > The reverted commit, while it fixed printk format warnings, it resulted in
> > > marker-probe format mismatches. Another approach should be used to fix
> > > these warnings.
> > 
> > Such as what?
> > 
> > Can marker probes be fixed instead?

Did you answer this?

> > After seeing & fixing lots of various warnings in the last few days,
> > I'm thinking that people don't look at/heed warnings nowadays.  Sad.
> > Maybe there are just so many that they are lost in the noise.
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Check the next patch in the series, it provides the alternate fix.

Yep, I saw that later.

> I favor this approach more because it involves fewer changes and we
> don't have to use things like "%zu" (which make data type size less
> apparent).

%zu is regular C language.  I.e., I don't get the data type not being
apparent issue...

Maybe kmemtrace should just make everything be long long... :(

-- 
~Randy
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