Re: [PATCH 12/22] sparc: %pF is only for function pointers

From: Sam Ravnborg
Date: Thu Mar 12 2015 - 14:56:52 EST


On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 10:13:47PM -0500, Scott Wood wrote:
> Use %pS for actual addresses, otherwise you'll get bad output
> on arches like ppc64 where %pF expects a function descriptor. Even on
> other architectures, refrain from setting a bad example that people
> copy.

The commit message used uppercase 'S' and 'F'.
But the patch uses lowercase variants.

Is this to highlight the letter in the commit message or some unwanted inconsistency?

Sam

>
> Signed-off-by: Scott Wood <scottwood@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: sparclinux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ---
> arch/sparc/kernel/ds.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/ds.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/ds.c
> index f87a55d..4ff835f 100644
> --- a/arch/sparc/kernel/ds.c
> +++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/ds.c
> @@ -875,7 +875,7 @@ void ldom_power_off(void)
>
> static void ds_conn_reset(struct ds_info *dp)
> {
> - printk(KERN_ERR "ds-%llu: ds_conn_reset() from %pf\n",
> + printk(KERN_ERR "ds-%llu: ds_conn_reset() from %ps\n",
> dp->id, __builtin_return_address(0));
> }
>
> --
> 2.1.0
>
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