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Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2020 15:41:21 +0100
From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>
To: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>,
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>
Cc: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>,
linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>
Subject: [PATCH] docs: core-api/printk-formats.rst: Clarify formatting {cpu,node}mask
Clarify how to pass the field width for bitmaps, and mention the helper
macros that are available to ease printing cpumask and nodemask.
Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>
---
Documentation/core-api/printk-formats.rst | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/printk-formats.rst b/Documentation/core-api/printk-formats.rst
index 6d26c5c6ac485cec..160e710d992f3a36 100644
--- a/Documentation/core-api/printk-formats.rst
+++ b/Documentation/core-api/printk-formats.rst
@@ -531,7 +531,9 @@ For printing bitmap and its derivatives such as cpumask and nodemask,
%*pb outputs the bitmap with field width as the number of bits and %*pbl
output the bitmap as range list with field width as the number of bits.
-Passed by reference.
+The field width is passed by value, the bitmap is passed by reference.
+Helper macros cpumask_pr_args() and nodemask_pr_args() are available to ease
+printing cpumask and nodemask.
Flags bitfields such as page flags, gfp_flags
---------------------------------------------
--
2.25.1
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