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Date:	Fri, 21 Mar 2014 09:42:10 -0700
From:	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
	Stepan Moskovchenko <stepanm@...eaurora.org>
CC:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-spi@...r.kernel.org,
	Wenyou Yang <wenyou.yang@...el.com>,
	Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@...el.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: rfc: vsprintf and phys_addr_t and dma_addr_t via %pa (was Re:
 [PATCH] spi: fix spi-atmel.c printk format warnings)

On 03/21/2014 09:37 AM, Joe Perches wrote:
> (Adding Stepan Moskovchenko who added %pa to vsprintf)
> 
> On Fri, 2014-03-21 at 08:53 -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>> Fix printk format warning by using %p extension 'ad' for dma_addr_t.
> 
> Hey Randy, Stepan and everyone else as well.
> 
> One of the things I'd like to get straightened out
> before too many of these dma_addr_t conversions are
> done is whether or not it should be prefixed by 0x.
> 
> %pad is not a direct replacement for %08x or %016x.
> It changes the output.
> 
> Right now, all phys_addr_t and dma_addr_t types emitted
> using %pa[pd] are "SPECIAL", meaning these are prefixed
> with "0x".
> 
> No other pointer/address types have that "0x" prefix.
> 
> I'd prefer to remove the "SPECIAL" from the %pa extension
> so that the output form of pointer/address types are
> consistent.

I agree.

for Joe's patch:
Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>

> This would change several output lines already using %pa.
> 
> I don't think that's bad, but maybe others do.
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> ---
>  lib/vsprintf.c | 6 +++---
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/lib/vsprintf.c b/lib/vsprintf.c
> index 185b6d3..28fee91 100644
> --- a/lib/vsprintf.c
> +++ b/lib/vsprintf.c
> @@ -1161,18 +1161,18 @@ char *address_val(char *buf, char *end, const void *addr,
>  {
>  	unsigned long long num;
>  
> -	spec.flags |= SPECIAL | SMALL | ZEROPAD;
> +	spec.flags |= SMALL | ZEROPAD;
>  	spec.base = 16;
>  
>  	switch (fmt[1]) {
>  	case 'd':
>  		num = *(const dma_addr_t *)addr;
> -		spec.field_width = sizeof(dma_addr_t) * 2 + 2;
> +		spec.field_width = sizeof(dma_addr_t) * 2;
>  		break;
>  	case 'p':
>  	default:
>  		num = *(const phys_addr_t *)addr;
> -		spec.field_width = sizeof(phys_addr_t) * 2 + 2;
> +		spec.field_width = sizeof(phys_addr_t) * 2;
>  		break;
>  	}
>  
> 
> 
>> drivers/spi/spi-atmel.c:1228:3: warning: format '%x' expects argument of type 'unsigned int', but argument 7 has type 'dma_addr_t' [-Wformat]
>> drivers/spi/spi-atmel.c:1228:3: warning: format '%x' expects argument of type 'unsigned int', but argument 9 has type 'dma_addr_t' [-Wformat]
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
>> Cc: Wenyou Yang <wenyou.yang@...el.com>
>> Cc: Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@...el.com>
>> ---
>>  drivers/spi/spi-atmel.c |    6 +++---
>>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>
>> I thought that a patch for this was already posted but I can't find it...
>> Applies to mainline.
>>
>> --- linux-next-20140321.orig/drivers/spi/spi-atmel.c
>> +++ linux-next-20140321/drivers/spi/spi-atmel.c
>> @@ -1226,10 +1226,10 @@ static int atmel_spi_transfer_one_messag
>>  
>>  	list_for_each_entry(xfer, &msg->transfers, transfer_list) {
>>  		dev_dbg(&spi->dev,
>> -			"  xfer %p: len %u tx %p/%08x rx %p/%08x\n",
>> +			"  xfer %p: len %u tx %p/%pad rx %p/%pad\n",
>>  			xfer, xfer->len,
>> -			xfer->tx_buf, xfer->tx_dma,
>> -			xfer->rx_buf, xfer->rx_dma);
>> +			xfer->tx_buf, &xfer->tx_dma,
>> +			xfer->rx_buf, &xfer->rx_dma);
>>  	}
> 
> 
> --


-- 
~Randy
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