linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Fix broken debug output reserve_region_with

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Message-ID: <48F3F014.3050406@zytor.com>
Date:	Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:04:20 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	yhlu.kernel@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix broken debug output reserve_region_with_split()

Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> That debug outpout in kernel/resource.c is busted on 32-bit
> machines, fix it with appropriate casts.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
> ---
> 
> One day Yinghai will figure out that resource_size_t can be 32-bit
> and thus as printk arguments must be cast to (unsigned long long)
> explicitely when using %llx... hopefully, that day, Ingo will also
> catch these before committing them as it's not the first one like
> this :-)
> 

I really think Linus' solution (add a resource printf modifier, that can 
contain the whole format) is much better.

	-hpa
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