Re: [PATCH] irda: Fix likely typo in output format string

From: David Miller
Date: Wed Aug 31 2016 - 17:52:18 EST


From: Oleg Drokin <green@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2016 17:36:44 -0400

>
> On Aug 31, 2016, at 5:31 PM, David Miller wrote:
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>> From: Oleg Drokin <green@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2016 23:14:06 -0400
>>
>>> %ul would print an unsigned with a letter l at the end which does
>>> not seem to be desired here, on the other hand the value being printed
>>> is u32 so just drop the l instead of converting to %lu
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Oleg Drokin <green@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> %u is for unsigned values, and these are "s32" thus signed.
>
> Hm, you are right.
> I could swear I saw them as unsigned when I looked at it.
>
> Anyway can they really be negative? they are seconds and usec,
> should I change them to u32 too?

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