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| author | Stepan Moskovchenko <stepanm@codeaurora.org> | 2013-02-21 16:43:09 -0800 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2013-02-21 17:22:20 -0800 |
| commit | 7d7992108d02aa92ad4c77e5d9ce14088c942e75 (patch) | |
| tree | efa7e3cbbac8f7fde794f0062d98420b551697c6 /Documentation | |
| parent | f3cbd435b02fb45efc2c8a39c2ea19816669c412 (diff) | |
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lib/vsprintf.c: add %pa format specifier for phys_addr_t types
Add the %pa format specifier for printing a phys_addr_t type and its
derivative types (such as resource_size_t), since the physical address
size on some platforms can vary based on build options, regardless of
the native integer type.
Signed-off-by: Stepan Moskovchenko <stepanm@codeaurora.org>
Cc: Rob Landley <rob@landley.net>
Cc: George Spelvin <linux@horizon.com>
Cc: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@codeaurora.org>
Cc: Andrei Emeltchenko <andrei.emeltchenko@intel.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/printk-formats.txt | 14 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/printk-formats.txt b/Documentation/printk-formats.txt index 8ffb274367c..e8a6aa473ba 100644 --- a/Documentation/printk-formats.txt +++ b/Documentation/printk-formats.txt @@ -53,6 +53,14 @@ Struct Resources: For printing struct resources. The 'R' and 'r' specifiers result in a printed resource with ('R') or without ('r') a decoded flags member. +Physical addresses: + + %pa 0x01234567 or 0x0123456789abcdef + + For printing a phys_addr_t type (and its derivatives, such as + resource_size_t) which can vary based on build options, regardless of + the width of the CPU data path. Passed by reference. + Raw buffer as a hex string: %*ph 00 01 02 ... 3f %*phC 00:01:02: ... :3f @@ -150,9 +158,9 @@ 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: +blkcnt_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); |