linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] vsprintf/doc: Document format flags including field width and precision

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Message-ID: <877csyjgnf.fsf@jogness.linutronix.de>
Date:   Wed, 24 May 2023 10:14:20 +0206
From:   John Ogness <john.ogness@...utronix.de>
To:     Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@...omium.org>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>
Cc:     Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, phone-devel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, Luca Weiss <luca.weiss@...rphone.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] vsprintf/doc: Document format flags including field
 width and precision

On 2023-05-22, Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com> wrote:
> +Examples::

> +	printk("Dynamic table: |%*d|%*s|\n", id_width, id, max_name_len, name);

> +	printk("Dynamic precision: %.*f\n", precision, value);

Generally speaking, it is rare to use printk() without a loglevel
specified. And it is preferred that the pr_ or dev_ macros are
used. Perhaps the examples should call pr_info() instead?

John Ogness