Re: BUG_ON(nd->inode != parent->d_inode);

[Dave Jones]

On Fri, Mar 08, 2013 at 03:45:37PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
 > On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 3:30 PM, Dave Jones <davej@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
 > > [  100.729401] nd->last.name = (\xffffffd2.W._.N.".\xfffffffe.\xffffff80.^N.?.\xffffffe4.E.8.g.\xffffffd2.N.\xffffffb6.^G.\xfffffff1.\xffffffcc.U.\xffffffda.^_.h.^M.1.\xffffffc5.\xffffff82.%.B.\xffffffe0.\xffffffad.^U.8.^L.c.Z.^K.\xffffffe4.h.J.\xffffffc8.\xffffffad.\xffffff83./.\xffffff80.\xffffffd1.\xffffffe5.\xffffff87.\xffffffc3.\xffffffb2.\xffffffdc.\xffffff9d.\xffffffd1.E.\xffffffab.^B.
 > 
 > You're printing out a 'char' with %02x, aren't you? And then the sign
 > extensions gives you six extra 'f' character every time the char is
 > negative.
 > 
 > If using %02x, make sure you use 'unsigned char', or "& 255".
 > 
 > Depending on just what is going on, the "nd->last.name" thing really
 > is probably a valid string. Strictly speaking it's not necessarily
 > NUL-terminated, though, and should be printed out to a maximum of
 > "nd->last.len" characters (but the whole path will be NUL-terminated,
 > so it's all ok, you just might print out more than one component)
 > 
 >                Linus

That one was printed out with %s

	Dave

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