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From: Alejandro Colomar <colomar.6.4.3@gmail.com>
To: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@jwilk.net>
Cc: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>, linux-man@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/12] dl_iterate_phdr.3: Cast 'ElfN_Word' to 'uintmax_t' for printf()
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2020 10:31:54 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <77bd61be-5044-c14c-a888-a09e64d14d39@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200912055232.s6lp2hspbuwvscps@jwilk.net>

Hi Jakub,

On 2020-09-12 07:52, Jakub Wilk wrote:
 > * Alejandro Colomar <colomar.6.4.3@gmail.com>, 2020-09-12, 01:14:
 >> -        printf("    %2d: [%14p; memsz:%7lx] flags: %#x; ", j,
 >> +        printf("    %2d: [%14p; memsz:%7jx] flags: %#jx; ", j,
 >>                 (void *) (info\->dlpi_addr +
 >> info\->dlpi_phdr[j].p_vaddr),
 >> -                info\->dlpi_phdr[j].p_memsz,
 >> -                info\->dlpi_phdr[j].p_flags);
 >> +                (uintmax_t) info\->dlpi_phdr[j].p_memsz,
 >> +                (uintmax_t) info\->dlpi_phdr[j].p_flags);
 >
 > The commit message is misleading. ElfN_Word is always uint32_t,
 > regardless of N. On the other hand, on 64-bit architectures the type of
 > p_memsz is Elf64_Xword (i.e., uint64_t), not Elf64_Word.
 >

Thanks for noticing that.  I had doubts while reading the man page.
I think it could be a bit more clear, but maybe it's me that I don't
speak elfic :p

Maybe 'ElfW(Word)' would be more appropriate?

Thanks,

Alex

  reply	other threads:[~2020-09-12  8:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 44+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-09-11 23:14 [PATCH 00/12] printf() fixes Alejandro Colomar
2020-09-11 23:14 ` [PATCH 01/12] dl_iterate_phdr.3: Cast 'ElfN_Word' to 'uintmax_t' for printf() Alejandro Colomar
2020-09-12  5:52   ` Jakub Wilk
2020-09-12  8:31     ` Alejandro Colomar [this message]
2020-09-15  7:35       ` Jakub Wilk
2020-09-15  9:27         ` Alejandro Colomar
2020-09-11 23:14 ` [PATCH 02/12] malloc_hook.3: Remove unneeded cast, and print 'size_t' with "%zu" Alejandro Colomar
2020-09-13  5:46   ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-09-11 23:14 ` [PATCH 03/12] pthread_getcpuclockid.3: Cast 'time_t' to 'intmax_t' for printf() Alejandro Colomar
2020-09-13  5:58   ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-09-13  6:05     ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-09-13  8:12       ` Alejandro Colomar
2020-09-13 12:04         ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-09-14  8:58     ` Jakub Wilk
2020-09-14 19:38       ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-09-11 23:14 ` [PATCH 04/12] getgrent_r.3: Cast 'gid_t' " Alejandro Colomar
2020-09-13  6:01   ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-09-11 23:14 ` [PATCH 05/12] getpwent_r.3: Cast 'uid_t' " Alejandro Colomar
2020-09-13  6:01   ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-09-13  8:28     ` Alejandro Colomar
2020-09-13 12:04       ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-09-13 13:28         ` Alejandro Colomar
2020-09-13 18:11         ` Alejandro Colomar
2020-09-11 23:14 ` [PATCH 06/12] rtld-audit.7: Use "%u" rather than "%d" when printing 'unsigned int' values Alejandro Colomar
2020-09-13  5:46   ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-09-11 23:14 ` [PATCH 07/12] userfaultfd.2: Use 'PRIx64' rather than "%llx" when printing 64-bit fixed-width types Alejandro Colomar
2020-09-13  5:51   ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-09-11 23:14 ` [PATCH 08/12] clock_getres.2: Cast 'time_t' to 'intmax_t' for printf() and fix the length modifiers Alejandro Colomar
2020-09-12  5:55   ` Jakub Wilk
2020-09-12  8:32     ` Alejandro Colomar
2020-09-12 10:06       ` [PATCH v2 08/12] clock_getres.2: Cast 'time_t' very small,values to 'int' " Alejandro Colomar
2020-09-13  6:05         ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-09-14  9:11         ` Jakub Wilk
2020-09-14  9:48           ` Alejandro Colomar
2020-09-11 23:14 ` [PATCH 09/12] open_by_handle_at.2: Use "%u" rather than "%d" when printing 'unsigned int' values Alejandro Colomar
2020-09-13  5:46   ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-09-11 23:14 ` [PATCH 10/12] spu_run.2: Cast 'int' to 'unsigned int' when printing with "%x" Alejandro Colomar
2020-09-12 10:29   ` Alejandro Colomar
2020-09-13  5:54     ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-09-11 23:14 ` [PATCH 11/12] mprotect.2: Use "%p" rather than casting to 'long' when printing adresses (pointer values) Alejandro Colomar
2020-09-13  5:46   ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-09-11 23:14 ` [PATCH 12/12] pidfd_open.2: Cast 'short' to 'unsigned int' when printing with "%x" Alejandro Colomar
2020-09-13  5:55   ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-09-13  8:06     ` Alejandro Colomar

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