| If variable is of Type, use printk format specifier: |
| --------------------------------------------------------- |
| int %d or %x |
| unsigned int %u or %x |
| long %ld or %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. The kernel supports |
| the following extended format specifiers for pointer types: |
| |
| Symbols/Function Pointers: |
| |
| %pF versatile_init+0x0/0x110 |
| %pf versatile_init |
| %pS versatile_init+0x0/0x110 |
| %ps versatile_init |
| %pB prev_fn_of_versatile_init+0x88/0x88 |
| |
| For printing symbols and function pointers. The 'S' and 's' specifiers |
| result in the symbol name with ('S') or without ('s') offsets. Where |
| this is used on a kernel without KALLSYMS - the symbol address is |
| printed instead. |
| |
| The 'B' specifier results in the symbol name with offsets and should be |
| used when printing stack backtraces. The specifier takes into |
| consideration the effect of compiler optimisations which may occur |
| when tail-call's are used and marked with the noreturn GCC attribute. |
| |
| On ia64, ppc64 and parisc64 architectures function pointers are |
| actually function descriptors which must first be resolved. The 'F' and |
| 'f' specifiers perform this resolution and then provide the same |
| functionality as the 'S' and 's' specifiers. |
| |
| Kernel Pointers: |
| |
| %pK 0x01234567 or 0x0123456789abcdef |
| |
| For printing kernel pointers which should be hidden from unprivileged |
| users. The behaviour of %pK depends on the kptr_restrict sysctl - see |
| Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt for more details. |
| |
| Struct Resources: |
| |
| %pr [mem 0x60000000-0x6fffffff flags 0x2200] or |
| [mem 0x0000000060000000-0x000000006fffffff flags 0x2200] |
| %pR [mem 0x60000000-0x6fffffff pref] or |
| [mem 0x0000000060000000-0x000000006fffffff pref] |
| |
| For printing struct resources. The 'R' and 'r' specifiers result in a |
| printed resource with ('R') or without ('r') a decoded flags member. |
| |
| MAC/FDDI addresses: |
| |
| %pM 00:01:02:03:04:05 |
| %pMR 05:04:03:02:01:00 |
| %pMF 00-01-02-03-04-05 |
| %pm 000102030405 |
| |
| For printing 6-byte MAC/FDDI addresses in hex notation. The 'M' and 'm' |
| specifiers result in a printed address with ('M') or without ('m') byte |
| separators. The default byte separator is the colon (':'). |
| |
| Where FDDI addresses are concerned the 'F' specifier can be used after |
| the 'M' specifier to use dash ('-') separators instead of the default |
| separator. |
| |
| For Bluetooth addresses the 'R' specifier shall be used after the 'M' |
| specifier to use reversed byte order suitable for visual interpretation |
| of Bluetooth addresses which are in the little endian order. |
| |
| IPv4 addresses: |
| |
| %pI4 1.2.3.4 |
| %pi4 001.002.003.004 |
| %p[Ii][hnbl] |
| |
| For printing IPv4 dot-separated decimal addresses. The 'I4' and 'i4' |
| specifiers result in a printed address with ('i4') or without ('I4') |
| leading zeros. |
| |
| The additional 'h', 'n', 'b', and 'l' specifiers are used to specify |
| host, network, big or little endian order addresses respectively. Where |
| no specifier is provided the default network/big endian order is used. |
| |
| IPv6 addresses: |
| |
| %pI6 0001:0002:0003:0004:0005:0006:0007:0008 |
| %pi6 00010002000300040005000600070008 |
| %pI6c 1:2:3:4:5:6:7:8 |
| |
| For printing IPv6 network-order 16-bit hex addresses. The 'I6' and 'i6' |
| specifiers result in a printed address with ('I6') or without ('i6') |
| colon-separators. Leading zeros are always used. |
| |
| The additional 'c' specifier can be used with the 'I' specifier to |
| print a compressed IPv6 address as described by |
| http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5952 |
| |
| UUID/GUID addresses: |
| |
| %pUb 00010203-0405-0607-0809-0a0b0c0d0e0f |
| %pUB 00010203-0405-0607-0809-0A0B0C0D0E0F |
| %pUl 03020100-0504-0706-0809-0a0b0c0e0e0f |
| %pUL 03020100-0504-0706-0809-0A0B0C0E0E0F |
| |
| For printing 16-byte UUID/GUIDs addresses. The additional 'l', 'L', |
| 'b' and 'B' specifiers are used to specify a little endian order in |
| lower ('l') or upper case ('L') hex characters - and big endian order |
| in lower ('b') or upper case ('B') hex characters. |
| |
| Where no additional specifiers are used the default little endian |
| order with lower case hex characters will be printed. |
| |
| struct va_format: |
| |
| %pV |
| |
| For printing struct va_format structures. These contain a format string |
| and va_list as follows: |
| |
| struct va_format { |
| const char *fmt; |
| va_list *va; |
| }; |
| |
| Do not use this feature without some mechanism to verify the |
| correctness of the format string and va_list arguments. |
| |
| 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 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: |
| |
| printk("test: sector number/total blocks: %llu/%llu\n", |
| (unsigned long long)sector, (unsigned long long)blockcount); |
| |
| Reminder: sizeof() result is of type size_t. |
| |
| Thank you for your cooperation and attention. |
| |
| |
| By Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> and |
| Andrew Murray <amurray@mpc-data.co.uk> |