Re: linux-next: net tree build warning

From: David Miller
Date: Tue Jun 09 2009 - 20:38:26 EST


From: Wolfgang Grandegger <wg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:14:38 +0200

> David Miller wrote:
>> From: Wolfgang Grandegger <wg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Date: Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:25:27 +0200
>>
>>> [PATCH] can: sja1000_of_platform: fix build problems with printk format
>>>
>>> Variables of type size_t should be printed with the format "%zx".
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Wolfgang Grandegger <wg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> It's not a "size_t", it's a "resource_size_t" which can be
>> "unsigned long long" on some platforms.
>
> Right, but I assume that the %zx handles that type properly as well.

It absolutely does not.

resource_size_t is a arch specifically defined type that
could be anything, it does not conform to the definitions
of size_t.
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