Re: [PATCH iproute2 1/2] devlink: fix format string warning for 32bit targets

[Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>]

On Wed, 26 Jun 2019 06:30:44 +0300
Baruch Siach <baruch@tkos.co.il> wrote:

> Hi Stephen,
> 
> On Tue, Jun 25, 2019 at 11:58:06AM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> > On Tue, 25 Jun 2019 14:49:04 +0300
> > Baruch Siach <baruch@tkos.co.il> wrote:
> >   
> > > diff --git a/devlink/devlink.c b/devlink/devlink.c
> > > index 436935f88bda..b400fab17578 100644
> > > --- a/devlink/devlink.c
> > > +++ b/devlink/devlink.c
> > > @@ -1726,9 +1726,9 @@ static void pr_out_u64(struct dl *dl, const char *name, uint64_t val)
> > >  		jsonw_u64_field(dl->jw, name, val);
> > >  	} else {
> > >  		if (g_indent_newline)
> > > -			pr_out("%s %lu", name, val);
> > > +			pr_out("%s %llu", name, val);
> > >  		else
> > > -			pr_out(" %s %lu", name, val);
> > > +			pr_out(" %s %llu", name, val);  
> > 
> > But on 64 bit target %llu expects unsigned long long which is 128bit.  
> 
> Is that a problem?
> 
> > The better way to fix this is to use:
> > #include <inttypes.h>
> > 
> > And the use the macro PRIu64
> > 			pr_out(" %s %"PRIu64, name, val);  
> 
> I think it makes the code harder to read. But OK, I'll post an update to this 
> patch and the next.

Or cast val to unsigned long long?

the real problem is devlink's macro's for printing.
If I had been paying attention during initial review, would have forced pr_out to be
a function.