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Date:	Thu, 19 May 2011 18:22:59 +0200
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
Cc:	"Nicholas A. Bellinger" <nab@...ux-iscsi.org>,
	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senpartnership.com>,
	linux-next@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Kiran Patil <kiran.patil@...el.com>,
	Joe Eykholt <jeykholt@...co.com>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, Yi Zou <yi.zou@...el.com>
Subject: Re: linux-next: build warning after merge of the scsi tree

On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 05:58, Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au> wrote:
>> --- a/drivers/target/tcm_fc/tfc_io.c
>> +++ b/drivers/target/tcm_fc/tfc_io.c
>> @@ -206,7 +206,8 @@ int ft_queue_data_in(struct se_cmd *se_cmd)
>>                                                 "xid <0x%x>, remaining <0x%x>, "
>>                                                 "lso_max <0x%x>\n",
>>                                                 __func__, fp, ep->xid,
>> -                                               remaining, lport->lso_max);
>> +                                               (unsigned int)remaining,
>> +                                               lport->lso_max);
>
> Given that "remaining" really is a length, surely it makes more sense to

Exactly my comments ...

> print it with %zd than to cast it and print it with %x ...

... except that size_t is unsigned, so %zu would be a little bit better.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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