Randy Dunlap | b67ad18 | 2008-11-12 13:26:55 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | If variable is of Type, use printk format specifier: |
| 2 | --------------------------------------------------------- |
| 3 | int %d or %x |
| 4 | unsigned int %u or %x |
| 5 | long %ld or %lx |
| 6 | unsigned long %lu or %lx |
| 7 | long long %lld or %llx |
| 8 | unsigned long long %llu or %llx |
| 9 | size_t %zu or %zx |
| 10 | ssize_t %zd or %zx |
| 11 | |
Andrew Murray | 04c5571 | 2011-06-15 12:57:09 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 12 | Raw pointer value SHOULD be printed with %p. The kernel supports |
| 13 | the following extended format specifiers for pointer types: |
| 14 | |
| 15 | Symbols/Function Pointers: |
| 16 | |
| 17 | %pF versatile_init+0x0/0x110 |
| 18 | %pf versatile_init |
| 19 | %pS versatile_init+0x0/0x110 |
| 20 | %ps versatile_init |
| 21 | %pB prev_fn_of_versatile_init+0x88/0x88 |
| 22 | |
| 23 | For printing symbols and function pointers. The 'S' and 's' specifiers |
| 24 | result in the symbol name with ('S') or without ('s') offsets. Where |
| 25 | this is used on a kernel without KALLSYMS - the symbol address is |
| 26 | printed instead. |
| 27 | |
| 28 | The 'B' specifier results in the symbol name with offsets and should be |
| 29 | used when printing stack backtraces. The specifier takes into |
| 30 | consideration the effect of compiler optimisations which may occur |
| 31 | when tail-call's are used and marked with the noreturn GCC attribute. |
| 32 | |
| 33 | On ia64, ppc64 and parisc64 architectures function pointers are |
| 34 | actually function descriptors which must first be resolved. The 'F' and |
| 35 | 'f' specifiers perform this resolution and then provide the same |
| 36 | functionality as the 'S' and 's' specifiers. |
| 37 | |
| 38 | Kernel Pointers: |
| 39 | |
| 40 | %pK 0x01234567 or 0x0123456789abcdef |
| 41 | |
| 42 | For printing kernel pointers which should be hidden from unprivileged |
| 43 | users. The behaviour of %pK depends on the kptr_restrict sysctl - see |
| 44 | Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt for more details. |
| 45 | |
| 46 | Struct Resources: |
| 47 | |
| 48 | %pr [mem 0x60000000-0x6fffffff flags 0x2200] or |
| 49 | [mem 0x0000000060000000-0x000000006fffffff flags 0x2200] |
| 50 | %pR [mem 0x60000000-0x6fffffff pref] or |
| 51 | [mem 0x0000000060000000-0x000000006fffffff pref] |
| 52 | |
| 53 | For printing struct resources. The 'R' and 'r' specifiers result in a |
| 54 | printed resource with ('R') or without ('r') a decoded flags member. |
| 55 | |
Stepan Moskovchenko | e9ba064 | 2013-01-21 13:27:25 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 56 | Physical addresses: |
| 57 | |
| 58 | %pa 0x01234567 or 0x0123456789abcdef |
| 59 | |
| 60 | For printing a phys_addr_t type (and its derivatives, such as |
| 61 | resource_size_t) which can vary based on build options, regardless of |
| 62 | the width of the CPU data path. Passed by reference. |
| 63 | |
Andrew Murray | 04c5571 | 2011-06-15 12:57:09 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 64 | MAC/FDDI addresses: |
| 65 | |
| 66 | %pM 00:01:02:03:04:05 |
| 67 | %pMF 00-01-02-03-04-05 |
| 68 | %pm 000102030405 |
| 69 | |
| 70 | For printing 6-byte MAC/FDDI addresses in hex notation. The 'M' and 'm' |
| 71 | specifiers result in a printed address with ('M') or without ('m') byte |
| 72 | separators. The default byte separator is the colon (':'). |
| 73 | |
| 74 | Where FDDI addresses are concerned the 'F' specifier can be used after |
| 75 | the 'M' specifier to use dash ('-') separators instead of the default |
| 76 | separator. |
| 77 | |
| 78 | IPv4 addresses: |
| 79 | |
| 80 | %pI4 1.2.3.4 |
| 81 | %pi4 001.002.003.004 |
| 82 | %p[Ii][hnbl] |
| 83 | |
| 84 | For printing IPv4 dot-separated decimal addresses. The 'I4' and 'i4' |
| 85 | specifiers result in a printed address with ('i4') or without ('I4') |
| 86 | leading zeros. |
| 87 | |
| 88 | The additional 'h', 'n', 'b', and 'l' specifiers are used to specify |
| 89 | host, network, big or little endian order addresses respectively. Where |
| 90 | no specifier is provided the default network/big endian order is used. |
| 91 | |
| 92 | IPv6 addresses: |
| 93 | |
| 94 | %pI6 0001:0002:0003:0004:0005:0006:0007:0008 |
| 95 | %pi6 00010002000300040005000600070008 |
| 96 | %pI6c 1:2:3:4:5:6:7:8 |
| 97 | |
| 98 | For printing IPv6 network-order 16-bit hex addresses. The 'I6' and 'i6' |
| 99 | specifiers result in a printed address with ('I6') or without ('i6') |
| 100 | colon-separators. Leading zeros are always used. |
| 101 | |
| 102 | The additional 'c' specifier can be used with the 'I' specifier to |
| 103 | print a compressed IPv6 address as described by |
| 104 | http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5952 |
| 105 | |
| 106 | UUID/GUID addresses: |
| 107 | |
| 108 | %pUb 00010203-0405-0607-0809-0a0b0c0d0e0f |
| 109 | %pUB 00010203-0405-0607-0809-0A0B0C0D0E0F |
| 110 | %pUl 03020100-0504-0706-0809-0a0b0c0e0e0f |
| 111 | %pUL 03020100-0504-0706-0809-0A0B0C0E0E0F |
| 112 | |
| 113 | For printing 16-byte UUID/GUIDs addresses. The additional 'l', 'L', |
| 114 | 'b' and 'B' specifiers are used to specify a little endian order in |
| 115 | lower ('l') or upper case ('L') hex characters - and big endian order |
| 116 | in lower ('b') or upper case ('B') hex characters. |
| 117 | |
| 118 | Where no additional specifiers are used the default little endian |
| 119 | order with lower case hex characters will be printed. |
| 120 | |
| 121 | struct va_format: |
| 122 | |
| 123 | %pV |
| 124 | |
| 125 | For printing struct va_format structures. These contain a format string |
| 126 | and va_list as follows: |
| 127 | |
| 128 | struct va_format { |
| 129 | const char *fmt; |
| 130 | va_list *va; |
| 131 | }; |
| 132 | |
| 133 | Do not use this feature without some mechanism to verify the |
| 134 | correctness of the format string and va_list arguments. |
Randy Dunlap | b67ad18 | 2008-11-12 13:26:55 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 135 | |
| 136 | u64 SHOULD be printed with %llu/%llx, (unsigned long long): |
| 137 | |
| 138 | printk("%llu", (unsigned long long)u64_var); |
| 139 | |
| 140 | s64 SHOULD be printed with %lld/%llx, (long long): |
| 141 | |
| 142 | printk("%lld", (long long)s64_var); |
| 143 | |
| 144 | If <type> is dependent on a config option for its size (e.g., sector_t, |
Stepan Moskovchenko | e9ba064 | 2013-01-21 13:27:25 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 145 | blkcnt_t) or is architecture-dependent for its size (e.g., tcflag_t), use a |
| 146 | format specifier of its largest possible type and explicitly cast to it. |
| 147 | Example: |
Randy Dunlap | b67ad18 | 2008-11-12 13:26:55 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 148 | |
| 149 | printk("test: sector number/total blocks: %llu/%llu\n", |
| 150 | (unsigned long long)sector, (unsigned long long)blockcount); |
| 151 | |
| 152 | Reminder: sizeof() result is of type size_t. |
| 153 | |
| 154 | Thank you for your cooperation and attention. |
| 155 | |
| 156 | |
Andrew Murray | 04c5571 | 2011-06-15 12:57:09 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 157 | By Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> and |
| 158 | Andrew Murray <amurray@mpc-data.co.uk> |