linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] vsprintf: introduce %dE for error constants

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Message-ID: <20190829002749.GA530@jagdpanzerIV>
Date:   Thu, 29 Aug 2019 09:27:49 +0900
From:   Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@...il.com>
To:     Uwe Kleine-König <uwe@...ine-koenig.org>
Cc:     Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@...il.com>,
        Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>,
        Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...ux.intel.com>,
        Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        "Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult" <lkml@...ux.net>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] vsprintf: introduce %dE for error constants

On (08/28/19 18:22), Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> That is wrong. When you do
> 
> 	pr_err("There are no round tuits to give out: %dE\n", -ENOENT);
> 
> in a kernel that doesn't support %dE you get:
> 
> 	There are no round tuits to give out: -2E

OK. Good point.

	-ss