Messages in this thread | | | From | David Laight <> | Subject | RE: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 02/20] torture: Prepare scripting for shift from %p to %pK | Date | Mon, 4 Dec 2017 14:13:38 +0000 |
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From: Paul E. McKenney > Sent: 04 December 2017 13:42 > On Mon, Dec 04, 2017 at 12:32:30PM +0000, David Laight wrote: > > From: Paul E. McKenney > > > Sent: 01 December 2017 20:09 > > > > > > Because %p prints "(null)" and %pK prints "0000000000000000" or (on > > > 32-bit systems) "00000000", this commit adjusts torture-test scripting > > > accordingly. > > > > Surely NULL v not-NULL is one bit of info that the message needs to contain? > > Indeed. So the script needs to check for the strings "00000000", > "0000000000000000", and "(null) in the console output". The "(null)" > is what "%p" prints for a NULL pointer, and the other two strings are > what "%pK" prints for a NULL pointer. > > Or am I missing your point?
I was thinking that even %pK should print "(null)".
Perhaps it should have printed a fixed, non-zero value for non-zero pointers.
David
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