Re: Build regressions/improvements in v6.12-rc3

From: Geert Uytterhoeven
Date: Mon Oct 14 2024 - 05:22:31 EST


Hi Simon,

On Mon, Oct 14, 2024 at 10:58 AM Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 14, 2024 at 10:38:20AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > + /kisskb/src/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fs_enet/mii-bitbang.c: error: format '%x' expects argument of type 'unsigned int', but argument 4 has type 'resource_size_t {aka long long unsigned int}' [-Werror=format=]: => 126:37
> > + /kisskb/src/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fs_enet/mii-bitbang.c: error: format '%x' expects argument of type 'unsigned int', but argument 4 has type 'resource_size_t' {aka 'long long unsigned int'} [-Werror=format=]: => 126:46
>
> I wonder what the correct string format is in these cases?
> I didn't have a good idea the last time I looked.

"%pa" + taking the address of the resource_size_t object.

https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.11.3/source/Documentation/core-api/printk-formats.rst#L229

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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