linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] mm/vmscan: use %pe to print error pointers

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Message-ID: <73831525-2ec5-4bc3-9315-1f44d0cc77ec@kernel.org>
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2025 11:54:26 +0100
From: "David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)" <david@...nel.org>
To: Sahil Chandna <chandna.sahil@...il.com>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
 lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com, mhocko@...e.com, vbabka@...e.cz,
 rppt@...nel.org, surenb@...gle.com, hannes@...xchg.org,
 shakeel.butt@...ux.dev, zhengqi.arch@...edance.com, Liam.Howlett@...cle.com,
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 yosry.ahmed@...ux.dev, nphamcs@...il.com, chengming.zhou@...ux.dev,
 linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: SeongJae Park <sj@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] mm/vmscan: use %pe to print error pointers

On 11/23/25 04:04, Sahil Chandna 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
> 
> Reviewed-by: SeongJae Park <sj@...nel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Sahil Chandna <chandna.sahil@...il.com>
> ---

Acked-by: David Hildenbrand (Red Hat) <david@...nel.org>

-- 
Cheers

David