Re: [PATCH] docs: core-api/printk-formats.rst: Clarify formatting {cpu,node}mask

From: Jonathan Corbet
Date: Fri Nov 13 2020 - 17:04:57 EST


On Tue, 10 Nov 2020 15:41:21 +0100
Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Clarify how to pass the field width for bitmaps, and mention the helper
> macros that are available to ease printing cpumask and nodemask.
>
> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Documentation/core-api/printk-formats.rst | 4 +++-
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/printk-formats.rst b/Documentation/core-api/printk-formats.rst
> index 6d26c5c6ac485cec..160e710d992f3a36 100644
> --- a/Documentation/core-api/printk-formats.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/core-api/printk-formats.rst
> @@ -531,7 +531,9 @@ For printing bitmap and its derivatives such as cpumask and nodemask,
> %*pb outputs the bitmap with field width as the number of bits and %*pbl
> output the bitmap as range list with field width as the number of bits.
>
> -Passed by reference.
> +The field width is passed by value, the bitmap is passed by reference.
> +Helper macros cpumask_pr_args() and nodemask_pr_args() are available to ease
> +printing cpumask and nodemask.

Applied, thanks.

jon