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| author | merge <null@invalid> | 2009-01-22 13:55:32 +0000 |
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| committer | Andy Green <agreen@octopus.localdomain> | 2009-01-22 13:55:32 +0000 |
| commit | aa6f5ffbdba45aa8e19e5048648fc6c7b25376d3 (patch) | |
| tree | fbb786d0ac6f8a774fd834e9ce951197e60fbffa /Documentation/printk-formats.txt | |
| parent | f2d78193eae5dccd3d588d2c8ea0866efc368332 (diff) | |
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From: Andy Green <andy@openmoko.com>
fix-stray-endmenu.patch
Signed-off-by: Andy Green <andy@openmoko.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/printk-formats.txt b/Documentation/printk-formats.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..1b5a5ddbc3e --- /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> |