Re: [PATCH 4/7] x86: memtest: adapt log messages

From: H. Peter Anvin
Date: Fri Feb 13 2009 - 12:50:18 EST


Jaswinder Singh Rajput wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-02-13 at 17:53 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>> * Andreas Herrmann <andreas.herrmann3@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> +#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
>>> + printk(KERN_CONT "\n %010llx - %010llx pattern %016llx",
>>> + t_start, t_start + t_size, cpu_to_be64(pattern));
>>> +#else
>>> + printk(KERN_CONT "\n %010llx - %010llx pattern %08x",
>>> + t_start, t_start + t_size, cpu_to_be32(pattern));
>>> +#endif
>> hm, is there really no cleaner way to do this?
>
> Can we use this:
>
> + printk(KERN_CONT "\n %010llx - %010llx pattern %016llx",
> + t_start, t_start + t_size, cpu_to_be64(pattern));
>

Only if you don't mind 8 extra zeros on 32 bits.

There are other problems with this, too. There is a KERN_CONT at the
end of it, but it starts a new line, and then doesn't have another
priority flag.

-hpa

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H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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