Joe Perches <j...@perches.com> writes:
> On Thu, 2013-05-30 at 18:11 -0700, Davidlohr Bueso wrote:
>> On Thu, 2013-05-30 at 13:08 +0200, Bjørn Mork wrote:
>> > Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtyl...@cogentembedded.com> writes:
>> > 
>> > >     Why not "text:%#lx" as already used in this string? It's
>> > > equivalent to "0x%lx".
>> > 
>> > Well, I don't know the reasoning in this case, but I'd like to note that
>> > those are not strictly equivalent.  Personally I find the formatting of 0
>> > annoying enough to avoid %#x for any value which may be 0.  It's
>> > especially bad if you try to line up things by adding leading zeros.
>> 
>> Yep, I found that 0x%lx produced the same output as %p.
>
> Don't use a standalone gcc compiled program to
> determine what the kernel outputs.

That's a very good point.  Sorry for mixing this up.  You are of course
right.  The kernel does everything correctly, so there is no reason not
to use %#x



Bjørn
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