linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] net: stmmac: retain PTP-clock at hwtstamp

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Date:   Thu, 17 Dec 2020 20:58:08 +0100
From:   Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@...gutronix.de>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     Holger Assmann <h.assmann@...gutronix.de>,
        Giuseppe Cavallaro <peppe.cavallaro@...com>,
        Alexandre Torgue <alexandre.torgue@...com>,
        Jose Abreu <joabreu@...opsys.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Maxime Coquelin <mcoquelin.stm32@...il.com>,
        Rayagond Kokatanur <rayagond@...avyalabs.com>,
        kernel@...gutronix.de, Michael Olbrich <m.olbrich@...gutronix.de>,
        Jose Abreu <Jose.Abreu@...opsys.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-stm32@...md-mailman.stormreply.com,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>,
        Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] net: stmmac: retain PTP-clock at hwtstamp_set

On 17.12.20 18:59, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Thu, 17 Dec 2020 09:25:48 +0100 Ahmad Fatoum wrote:
>> On 17.12.20 02:13, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
>>>> +			netdev_warn(priv->dev, "HW Timestamping init failed: %pe\n",
>>>> +					ERR_PTR(ret));  
>>>
>>> why convert to ERR_PTR and use %pe and not just %d?  
>>
>> To get a symbolic error name if support is compiled in (note the `e' after %p).
> 
> Cool, GTK. Kind of weird we there is no equivalent int decorator, tho.
> Do you happen to know why?
New format-specifiers should be using %p<extension>, which is already established,
said the reviewers:

https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200120085508.25522-1-u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de/

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