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authorStepan Moskovchenko <stepanm@codeaurora.org>2013-02-21 16:43:09 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2013-02-21 17:22:20 -0800
commit7d7992108d02aa92ad4c77e5d9ce14088c942e75 (patch)
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lib/vsprintf.c: add %pa format specifier for phys_addr_t types
Add the %pa format specifier for printing a phys_addr_t type and its
derivative types (such as resource_size_t), since the physical address
size on some platforms can vary based on build options, regardless of
the native integer type.

Signed-off-by: Stepan Moskovchenko <stepanm@codeaurora.org>
Cc: Rob Landley <rob@landley.net>
Cc: George Spelvin <linux@horizon.com>
Cc: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@codeaurora.org>
Cc: Andrei Emeltchenko <andrei.emeltchenko@intel.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/printk-formats.txt')
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1 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/printk-formats.txt b/Documentation/printk-formats.txt
index 8ffb274367c7..e8a6aa473bab 100644
--- a/Documentation/printk-formats.txt
+++ b/Documentation/printk-formats.txt
@@ -53,6 +53,14 @@ Struct Resources:
 	For printing struct resources. The 'R' and 'r' specifiers result in a
 	printed resource with ('R') or without ('r') a decoded flags member.
 
+Physical addresses:
+
+	%pa	0x01234567 or 0x0123456789abcdef
+
+	For printing a phys_addr_t type (and its derivatives, such as
+	resource_size_t) which can vary based on build options, regardless of
+	the width of the CPU data path. Passed by reference.
+
 Raw buffer as a hex string:
 	%*ph	00 01 02  ...  3f
 	%*phC	00:01:02: ... :3f
@@ -150,9 +158,9 @@ s64 SHOULD be printed with %lld/%llx, (long long):
 	printk("%lld", (long long)s64_var);
 
 If <type> is dependent on a config option for its size (e.g., sector_t,
-blkcnt_t, phys_addr_t, resource_size_t) or is architecture-dependent
-for its size (e.g., tcflag_t), use a format specifier of its largest
-possible type and explicitly cast to it.  Example:
+blkcnt_t) or is architecture-dependent for its size (e.g., tcflag_t), use a
+format specifier of its largest possible type and explicitly cast to it.
+Example:
 
 	printk("test: sector number/total blocks: %llu/%llu\n",
 		(unsigned long long)sector, (unsigned long long)blockcount);