linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -next] exofs: fix printk format warnings

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Message-ID: <10f740e80903300915n7eba3a51hd20ede39c76a9421@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:15:30 +0200
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
Cc:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	linux-next@...r.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	scsi <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
	Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@...asas.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -next] exofs: fix printk format warnings

On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 23:44, Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com> wrote:
> From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
>
> Fix exofs printk format warnings:
>
> fs/exofs/inode.c:184: warning: format '%zx' expects type 'size_t', but argument 6 has type 'long unsigned int'
> fs/exofs/inode.c:291: warning: format '%zx' expects type 'size_t', but argument 6 has type 'long unsigned int'
> fs/exofs/inode.c:373: warning: format '%zx' expects type 'size_t', but argument 7 has type 'long unsigned int'
> fs/exofs/inode.c:461: warning: format '%zx' expects type 'size_t', but argument 6 has type 'long unsigned int'
> fs/exofs/inode.c:534: warning: format '%zx' expects type 'size_t', but argument 7 has type 'long unsigned int'
> fs/exofs/inode.c:610: warning: format '%zx' expects type 'size_t', but argument 5 has type 'long unsigned

It also wouldn't hurt to
  - kill EXOFS_DBGMSG()
  - s/EXOFS_DBGMSG/pr_debug/g
  - #define pr_fmt(fmt) "%s: " fmt, __func__

That way we always get printf()-style warning checking, even if
CONFIG_EXOFS_DEBUG
is not enabled.

Similar for EXOFS_ERR() -> pr_err()

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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