linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 3/3] net/xen-netback: Don't mix hexa and decimal with 0x in the printf format

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Message-ID: <1434531253.13744.254.camel@citrix.com>
Date:	Wed, 17 Jun 2015 09:54:13 +0100
From:	Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@...rix.com>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
CC:	Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>,
	Julien Grall <julien.grall@...rix.com>,
	<xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Wei Liu <wei.liu2@...rix.com>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 3/3] net/xen-netback: Don't mix hexa and decimal with
 0x in the printf format

On Tue, 2015-06-16 at 16:55 -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> 0x%x is easier and simpler to visualize than %#x.

They also don't produce the same output if the value is 0 (0x%x=>0x0, %
#x=>0), which can matter if you are trying to line up a column or
whatever.

Ian.

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