linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] ubifs: Fix the printing type of c->big

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Date:   Mon, 2 Nov 2020 17:13:40 +0800
From:   Chengsong Ke <kechengsong@...wei.com>
To:     <richard@....at>
CC:     <linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <wangfangpeng1@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] ubifs: Fix the printing type of c->big_lpt

On Sat, Oct 31, 2020 at 9:56 AM Chengsong Ke <kechengsong@...wei.com> wrote:
>
> Ubifs uses %d to print c->big_lpt, but c->big_lpt is a variable of 
> type unsigned int and should be printed with %u.
>
> Well, it is:
> unsigned int big_lpt:1;
> So, either 0 or 1.
> 
> Does changing it to %u silence some static checker or is there some 
> other problem I don't see right now? :-)
> 
> Thanks,
> //Richard

This is just a coding style issue, I found in the ubifs code. :-) 
Thanks, 
//Chengsong Ke