Documentation/printk-formats.txt says to use %zd for a ssize_t argument and some drivers do. Unfortunately this prints a positive number for negative values eg:
tpm_tis 70030000.tpm_tis: tpm_transmit: tpm_send: error 4294967234 Add a case to va_args a ssize_t type if the interpretation should be signed. Tested on PPC32. Signed-off-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jguntho...@obsidianresearch.com> --- lib/vsprintf.c | 5 ++++- 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/lib/vsprintf.c b/lib/vsprintf.c index 39c99fe..41da074 100644 --- a/lib/vsprintf.c +++ b/lib/vsprintf.c @@ -1485,7 +1485,10 @@ int vsnprintf(char *buf, size_t size, const char *fmt, va_list args) num = va_arg(args, long); break; case FORMAT_TYPE_SIZE_T: - num = va_arg(args, size_t); + if (spec.flags & SIGN) + num = va_arg(args, ssize_t); + else + num = va_arg(args, size_t); break; case FORMAT_TYPE_PTRDIFF: num = va_arg(args, ptrdiff_t); -- 1.7.4.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/