netdev - Re: [PATCH] nfp: remove h from printk format specifier

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Message-ID: <bac92bab-243b-ca48-647c-dad5688fa060@redhat.com>
Date:   Thu, 24 Dec 2020 14:14:11 -0800
From:   Tom Rix <trix@...hat.com>
To:     Simon Horman <simon.horman@...ronome.com>
Cc:     kuba@...nel.org, davem@...emloft.net, ast@...nel.org,
        daniel@...earbox.net, andrii@...nel.org, kafai@...com,
        songliubraving@...com, yhs@...com, john.fastabend@...il.com,
        kpsingh@...nel.org, gustavoars@...nel.org,
        louis.peens@...ronome.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        bpf@...r.kernel.org, oss-drivers@...ronome.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] nfp: remove h from printk format specifier


On 12/24/20 12:21 PM, Simon Horman wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 23, 2020 at 12:20:53PM -0800, trix@...hat.com wrote:
>> From: Tom Rix <trix@...hat.com>
>>
>> This change fixes the checkpatch warning described in this commit
>> commit cbacb5ab0aa0 ("docs: printk-formats: Stop encouraging use of unnecessary %h[xudi] and %hh[xudi]")
>>
>> Standard integer promotion is already done and %hx and %hhx is useless
>> so do not encourage the use of %hh[xudi] or %h[xudi].
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Tom Rix <trix@...hat.com>
> Hi Tom,
>
> This patch looks appropriate for net-next, which is currently closed.
>
> The changes look fine, but I'm curious to know if its intentionally that
> the following was left alone in ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfp_net_ethtool.c:nfp_net_get_nspinfo()
>
> 	snprintf(version, ETHTOOL_FWVERS_LEN, "%hu.%hu"

I am limiting changes to logging functions, what is roughly in checkpatch.

I can add this snprintf in if you want.

Tom

>
> If the above was not intentional then perhaps you could respin with that
> updated and resubmit when net-next re-opens. Feel free to add:
>
> Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <simon.horman@...ronome.com>
>