Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 17:38:49 -0500 (EST) From: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> To: mjacob@feral.com Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: printing vm_offset_t's Message-ID: <13977.11142.915199.277600@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.04.9901101432120.14308-100000@feral-gw> References: <199901102154.QAA72227@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <Pine.LNX.4.04.9901101432120.14308-100000@feral-gw>
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Matthew Jacob writes: > > Hmm. How about %p? That's another option, but unless you cast the arg to a pointer (like void *), you get warning: format argument is not a pointer (arg 4) Drew > On Sun, 10 Jan 1999, Andrew Gallatin wrote: > > > > > What's the proper way to print out vm_offset_t's in MI parts of the > > kernel? > > > > Certain things (like procfs's map file) are broken because i386 > > defines vm_offset_t as: > > > > /sys/i386/include/types.h:typedef unsigned int vm_offset_t; > > > > but alpha defines it as: > > > > /sys/alpha/include/types.h:typedef unsigned long vm_offset_t; > > > > And printf format strings for printing out vm_offset_t's are typically > > "0x%x" which results in warnings on alpha, as well as truncation of > > the data. > > > > My gut reaction is that the i386's definition should be changed to > > an unsigned long (since the size would be the same) & all format > > strings for printing out vm_offset_t's should be changed to "0x%lx" > > > > If that's too radical, I think that at the very least format strings > > should be changed to "0x%lx". This would result in proper behaviour > > on alphas, with the downside of also shifting warning to the i386 > > branch. > > > > Or maybe we should just cast vm_offset_t's to (void *) and use a %p > > format sting. > > > > Just wanted to raise the issue.. > > > > Drew > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Andrew Gallatin, Sr Systems Programmer http://www.cs.duke.edu/~gallatin > > Duke University Email: gallatin@cs.duke.edu > > Department of Computer Science Phone: (919) 660-6590 > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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