2019-10-01 10:06:26

by Miles Chen

Subject: [PATCH] docs: printk-formats: add ptrdiff_t type to printk-formats

When print the difference between two pointers, we should use
the ptrdiff_t modifier %t.

Signed-off-by: Miles Chen <[email protected]>
---
Documentation/core-api/printk-formats.rst | 14 ++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/printk-formats.rst b/Documentation/core-api/printk-formats.rst
index ecbebf4ca8e7..8a0f49cd158b 100644
--- a/Documentation/core-api/printk-formats.rst
+++ b/Documentation/core-api/printk-formats.rst
@@ -135,6 +135,20 @@ equivalent to %lx (or %lu). %px is preferred because it is more uniquely
grep'able. If in the future we need to modify the way the kernel handles
printing pointers we will be better equipped to find the call sites.

+Pointer Differences
+-------------------
+
+::
+
+ %td 2560
+ %tx a00
+
+For printing the pointer differences, use the %t modifier for ptrdiff_t.
+
+Example::
+
+ printk("test: difference between pointers: %td\n", ptr2 - ptr1);
+
Struct Resources
----------------

--
2.18.0

2019-11-07 20:12:12

by Jonathan Corbet

Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: printk-formats: add ptrdiff_t type to printk-formats

On Tue, 1 Oct 2019 18:04:49 +0800
Miles Chen <[email protected]> wrote:

> When print the difference between two pointers, we should use
> the ptrdiff_t modifier %t.
>
> Signed-off-by: Miles Chen <[email protected]>
> ---
> Documentation/core-api/printk-formats.rst | 14 ++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

Applied, thanks.

jon