linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] lib: vsprintf: Add %pa format specifier for phys_addr

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Date:	Thu, 24 Jan 2013 15:07:48 -0800
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Stepan Moskovchenko <stepanm@...eaurora.org>
Cc:	Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>, George Spelvin <linux@...izon.com>,
	Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
	Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>,
	Andrei Emeltchenko <andrei.emeltchenko@...el.com>,
	mingo@...nel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] lib: vsprintf: Add %pa format specifier for
 phys_addr_t types

On Tue, 22 Jan 2013 16:14:53 -0800
Stepan Moskovchenko <stepanm@...eaurora.org> wrote:

> Add the %pa format specifier for printing a phys_addr_t
> type and its derivative types (such as resource_size_t),
> since the physical address size on some platforms can vary
> based on build options, regardless of the native integer
> type.

Looks sane.

Now, how do we hunt down the existing callsites which can be converted
to use this?

It would be nice to change at least a few of them right now, so your
patch gets tested.  Common x86 ones, ideally.
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