linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net/mlx5e: Fix printk format warning

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Date:   Wed, 22 Jan 2020 18:51:40 +0000
From:   Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>
To:     "olof@...om.net" <olof@...om.net>
CC:     "joe@...ches.com" <joe@...ches.com>,
        "saeedm@....mellanox.co.il" <saeedm@....mellanox.co.il>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org" <linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org>,
        "leon@...nel.org" <leon@...nel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/mlx5e: Fix printk format warning

On Wed, 2020-01-22 at 08:36 -0800, Olof Johansson wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 21, 2020 at 12:43 PM Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>
> wrote:
> > On Mon, 2020-01-20 at 19:20 -0800, Olof Johansson wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > On Mon, Dec 30, 2019 at 8:35 PM Saeed Mahameed
> > > <saeedm@....mellanox.co.il> wrote:
> > > > On Sat, Dec 21, 2019 at 1:19 PM Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > On Thu, Dec 19, 2019 at 6:07 PM Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > On Thu, 2019-12-19 at 16:15 -0800, Olof Johansson wrote:
> > > > > > > Use "%zu" for size_t. Seen on ARM allmodconfig:
> > > > > > []
> > > > > > > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/wq.c
> > > > > > > b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/wq.c
> > > > > > []
> > > > > > > @@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ void mlx5_wq_cyc_wqe_dump(struct
> > > > > > > mlx5_wq_cyc *wq, u16 ix, u8 nstrides)
> > > > > > >       len = nstrides << wq->fbc.log_stride;
> > > > > > >       wqe = mlx5_wq_cyc_get_wqe(wq, ix);
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > -     pr_info("WQE DUMP: WQ size %d WQ cur size %d, WQE
> > > > > > > index
> > > > > > > 0x%x, len: %ld\n",
> > > > > > > +     pr_info("WQE DUMP: WQ size %d WQ cur size %d, WQE
> > > > > > > index
> > > > > > > 0x%x, len: %zu\n",
> > > > > > >               mlx5_wq_cyc_get_size(wq), wq->cur_sz, ix,
> > > > > > > len);
> > > > > > >       print_hex_dump(KERN_WARNING, "",
> > > > > > > DUMP_PREFIX_OFFSET,
> > > > > > > 16, 1, wqe, len, false);
> > > > > > >  }
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > One might expect these 2 outputs to be at the same
> > > > > > KERN_<LEVEL>
> > > > > > too.
> > > > > > One is KERN_INFO the other KERN_WARNING
> > > > > 
> > > > > Sure, but I'll leave that up to the driver maintainers to
> > > > > decide/fix
> > > > > -- I'm just addressing the type warning here.
> > > > 
> > > > Hi Olof, sorry for the delay, and thanks for the patch,
> > > > 
> > > > I will apply this to net-next-mlx5 and will submit to net-next
> > > > myself.
> > > > we will fixup and address the warning level comment by Joe.
> > > 
> > > This seems to still be pending, and the merge window is soon
> > > here.
> > > Any
> > > chance we can see it show up in linux-next soon?
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> > Hi Olof,
> > 
> > I am still preparing my next pull request which will include this
> > patch
> > I will send it soon to net-next branch, but still the patch will
> > not
> > hit linux-next until the merge window when netdev subsystem is
> > pulled
> > into linux-next..
> 
> Hi Saeed,
> 
> linux-next contains all the material that maintainers are queuing up
> for the next merge window, during the -rc cycles of the previous
> release, including the net-next branch.
> 

I know, this is the reason why your patch is not in linux-next yet,
since i didn't send my pull request to net-next yet, i am planing to do
it today :), sorry for the delays.

> In general, the guideline is to make sure that most patches are in
> -next around -rc6/rc7 timeframe, to give them some time for test
> before merge window opens.
> 
> So the fact that this hasn't been picked up and showed up there yet,
> seems concerning -- but I don't know when Dave closes net for new
> material like what you're staging.
> 

Maybe it is a good idea to mark my branch to be merged into linux-next.
I will take care of this, thanks for pointing out.. 

> 
> -Olof