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Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:21:47 +0530
From: David John <davidjonx@gmail.com>
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Alexey Dobriyan wrote:
> If variable is of Type	use	printk format specifier.
> ---------------------------------------------------------
> 		int			%d or %x
> 		unsigned int		%u or %x
> 		long			%ld ot %lx
> 		unsigned long		%lu or %lx
> 		long long		%lld or %llx
> 		unsigned long long	%llu or %llx
> 		size_t			%zu or %zx
> 		ssize_t			%zd or %zx
> 
> Raw pointer value SHOULD be printed with %p.
> 
> u64 SHOULD be printed with %llu/%llx, (unsigned long long):
> 
> 	printk("%llu", (unsigned long long)u64_var);
> 
> s64 SHOULD be printed with %lld/%llx, (long long):
> 
> 	printk("%lld", (long long)s64_var);
> 
> If type is dependent on config option (sector_t), use format specifier
> of biggest type and explicitly cast to it.
> 
> Reminder: sizeof() result is of type size_t.
> 
> Thank you for your cooperation.
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Useful list, but I think there are more format specifiers available with
printk though.

David.
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