linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] mm/vmscan: use %pe to print PTR

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Message-ID: <20251119015243.72791-1-sj@kernel.org>
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2025 17:52:43 -0800
From: SeongJae Park <sj@...nel.org>
To: Sahil Chandna <chandna.sahil@...il.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] mm/vmscan: use %pe to print PTR_ERR() values

On Tue, 18 Nov 2025 11:38:50 +0530 Sahil Chandna <chandna.sahil@...il.com> wrote:

> Use the %pe printk format specifier to report error pointers directly
> instead of printing PTR_ERR() as a long value. This improves clarity,
> produces more readable error messages.
> 
> This instance was flagged by the Coccinelle script
> (misc/ptr_err_to_pe.cocci) as an opportunity to adopt %pe.
> 
> Found by: make coccicheck MODE=report M=mm/
> No functional change intended
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sahil Chandna <chandna.sahil@...il.com>

Reviewed-by: SeongJae Park <sj@...nel.org>


Thanks,
SJ

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