linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] tracing: Cleanups for v6.17

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Message-ID: <20250803202015.4d17f2f3@batman.local.home>
Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2025 20:20:15 -0400
From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Masami Hiramatsu
 <mhiramat@...nel.org>, Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>,
 Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] tracing: Cleanups for v6.17

On Sun, 3 Aug 2025 15:28:32 -0700
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:

> I suspect you are basically being influenced by seeing *existing* odd
> cases, and you'll find that a lot of people use 'unsigned int' for
> plain integers where decimal representation makes sense - but because
> those printed out naturally before, you didn't react to them.

When I have to make a choice and I don't know what the value is, I
usually choose hex over unsigned decimal because it's easier to convert
hex to decimal in my head than it is the other way around.

-- Steve