Re: Use of '%#02x' is almost always wrong

From: Dan Carpenter
Date: Wed Oct 13 2021 - 02:16:15 EST


On Sun, Oct 10, 2021 at 09:45:30AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> Perhaps too many developers do not know that using '%#<width>x'
> in printf output _includes_ the 0x prefix in the output width.
>

This is a good point. Presumably you're going to add it to checkpatch.pl?

I looked at '%#04x' and you would think those would all be printing char
types but some are printing shorts. :/ It's harder to deal with that
because 50% are correct from the tiny sample I looked at.

regards,
dan carpenter