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author | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2008-11-18 23:38:23 -0800 |
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committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2008-11-18 23:38:23 -0800 |
commit | 198d6ba4d7f48c94f990f4604f0b3d73925e0ded (patch) | |
tree | 56bbdf8ba2553c23c8099da9344a8f1d1aba97ab /Documentation/printk-formats.txt | |
parent | 9a57f7fabd383920585ed8b74eacd117c6551f2d (diff) | |
parent | 7f0f598a0069d1ab072375965a4b69137233169c (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6
Conflicts:
drivers/isdn/i4l/isdn_net.c
fs/cifs/connect.c
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diff --git a/Documentation/printk-formats.txt b/Documentation/printk-formats.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1b5a5dd --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/printk-formats.txt @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ +If variable is of Type, use printk format specifier: +--------------------------------------------------------- + int %d or %x + unsigned int %u or %x + long %ld or %lx + unsigned long %lu or %lx + long long %lld or %llx + unsigned long long %llu or %llx + size_t %zu or %zx + ssize_t %zd or %zx + +Raw pointer value SHOULD be printed with %p. + +u64 SHOULD be printed with %llu/%llx, (unsigned long long): + + printk("%llu", (unsigned long long)u64_var); + +s64 SHOULD be printed with %lld/%llx, (long long): + + printk("%lld", (long long)s64_var); + +If <type> is dependent on a config option for its size (e.g., sector_t, +blkcnt_t, phys_addr_t, resource_size_t) or is architecture-dependent +for its size (e.g., tcflag_t), use a format specifier of its largest +possible type and explicitly cast to it. Example: + + printk("test: sector number/total blocks: %llu/%llu\n", + (unsigned long long)sector, (unsigned long long)blockcount); + +Reminder: sizeof() result is of type size_t. + +Thank you for your cooperation and attention. + + +By Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> |