Re: [PATCH] buffer_io_error: Use dev_err_ratelimited

[Andy Shevchenko]

On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 11:05 PM Tony Asleson <tasleson@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 10/28/20 3:45 PM, Tony Asleson wrote:
> > On 10/26/20 5:07 PM, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
>
> >>> +       dev_err_ratelimited(gendev,
> >>> +               "Buffer I/O error, logical block %llu%s\n",
> >>
> >>> +               (unsigned long long)bh->b_blocknr, msg);
> >>
> >> It's a u64 always (via sector_t), do we really need a casting?
> >
> > That's a good question, grepping around shows *many* instances of this
> > being done.  I do agree that this doesn't seem to be needed, but maybe
> > there is a reason why it's done?
>
> According to this:
>
> https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v5.9/core-api/printk-formats.html
>
> This should be left as it is, because 'sector_t' is dependent on a
> config option.

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/include/linux/types.h?id=72deb455b5ec619ff043c30bc90025aa3de3cdda

Staled documentation. You may send a patch to fix it (I Cc'ed
Christoph and Jonathan).
It means that it doesn't go under this category and the example should
be changed to something else.


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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko