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

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Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2025 12:50:01 +0000
From: Nhat Pham <nphamcs@...il.com>
To: Sahil Chandna <chandna.sahil@...il.com>
Cc: akpm@...ux-foundation.org, david@...hat.com, lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com, 
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] mm/zswap: use %pe to print PTR_ERR() values

On Tue, Nov 18, 2025 at 6:09 AM 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>

Acked-by: Nhat Pham <nphamcs@...il.com>