Re: [PATCH] staging: vchip_arm: Fix misuse of %x

From: Greg KH
Date: Thu Sep 23 2021 - 01:20:09 EST


On Thu, Sep 23, 2021 at 11:55:54AM +0800, Guo Zhi wrote:
> Pointers should be printed with %p or %px rather than
> cast to (unsigned long) and printed with %lx.
> Change %lx to %pK to print the pointers.
>
> Signed-off-by: Guo Zhi <qtxuning1999@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> .../staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_arm.c | 8 ++++----
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_arm.c b/drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_arm.c
> index b5aac862a29..408e5fe710b 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_arm.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_arm.c
> @@ -591,11 +591,11 @@ service_callback(enum vchiq_reason reason, struct vchiq_header *header,
> return VCHIQ_SUCCESS;
>
> vchiq_log_trace(vchiq_arm_log_level,
> - "%s - service %lx(%d,%p), reason %d, header %lx, instance %lx, bulk_userdata %lx",
> - __func__, (unsigned long)user_service,
> + "%s - service %pK(%d,%p), reason %d, header %pK, instance %pK, bulk_userdata %pK",
> + __func__, user_service,
> service->localport, user_service->userdata,
> - reason, (unsigned long)header,
> - (unsigned long)instance, (unsigned long)bulk_userdata);
> + reason, header,
> + instance, bulk_userdata);

Why print this out at all? What uses this? Can it just be deleted?

thanks,

greg k-h