From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>,
Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] tracing: Cleanups for v6.17
Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2025 20:20:15 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250803202015.4d17f2f3@batman.local.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAHk-=wgnnEmiaUjc8nQse4rANDcFBKEWcqbwroe+fHBEGjjncQ@mail.gmail.com>
On Sun, 3 Aug 2025 15:28:32 -0700
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
> I suspect you are basically being influenced by seeing *existing* odd
> cases, and you'll find that a lot of people use 'unsigned int' for
> plain integers where decimal representation makes sense - but because
> those printed out naturally before, you didn't react to them.
When I have to make a choice and I don't know what the value is, I
usually choose hex over unsigned decimal because it's easier to convert
hex to decimal in my head than it is the other way around.
-- Steve
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-08-04 0:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-08-03 13:55 [GIT PULL] tracing: Cleanups for v6.17 Steven Rostedt
2025-08-03 22:28 ` Linus Torvalds
2025-08-04 0:20 ` Steven Rostedt [this message]
2025-08-03 22:32 ` pr-tracker-bot
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