Re: [PATCH v4 3/3] net/xen-netback: Don't mix hexa and decimal with 0x in the printf format

From: Sergei Shtylyov
Date: Tue Jun 16 2015 - 18:29:31 EST


Hello.

On 06/17/2015 01:09 AM, Joe Perches wrote:

Append 0x to all %x in order to avoid while reading when there is other
decimal value in the log.

[]

@@ -874,7 +874,7 @@ static inline void xenvif_grant_handle_set(struct xenvif_queue *queue,
if (unlikely(queue->grant_tx_handle[pending_idx] !=
NETBACK_INVALID_HANDLE)) {
netdev_err(queue->vif->dev,
- "Trying to overwrite active handle! pending_idx: %x\n",
+ "Trying to overwrite active handle! pending_idx: 0x%x\n",

Using "%#x" is shorter ind does the same.

That's true, but it's also far less common.

Which is a pity... People just don't know the format specifiers well enough. :-(

$ git grep -E "%#[\*\d\.]*x" | wc -l
1419
$ git grep "0x%" | wc -l
29844

Which means 29 KB could theoretically be saved on allyesconfig build. :-)
(Actually less since the width specifiers will likely need to be fixed where present.)

WBR, Sergei

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