Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: bridge: Fix the wrong format specifier

From: Nikolay Aleksandrov <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2024 18:21:28 +0200

On Thu, Nov 14, 2024 at 10:58:20AM +0800, zhangjiao2 wrote:
> From: zhang jiao <[email-masked]>
> 
> The format specifier of "unsigned long" in sprintf()
> should be "%lu", not "%ld".
> 
> Signed-off-by: zhang jiao <[email-masked]>
> ---
>  net/bridge/br_sysfs_br.c | 8 ++++----
>  net/bridge/br_sysfs_if.c | 6 +++---
>  2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 

Hi,
I think this patch is unnecessary (also should be targeted at net-next).
We may change the return value of br_timer_value to clock_t to be
consistent with jiffies_delta_to_clock_t(). It cannot return more than
a long, so %ld is fine here.

A simple patch like [1] can be considered to better show what is
being returned.

Thanks,
 Nik

[1]
diff --git a/net/bridge/br_private.h b/net/bridge/br_private.h
index f317d8295bf4..fbdadef68854 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_private.h
+++ b/net/bridge/br_private.h
@@ -1986,7 +1986,7 @@ void br_stp_rcv(const struct stp_proto *proto, struct sk_buff *skb,
 /* br_stp_timer.c */
 void br_stp_timer_init(struct net_bridge *br);
 void br_stp_port_timer_init(struct net_bridge_port *p);
-unsigned long br_timer_value(const struct timer_list *timer);
+clock_t br_timer_value(const struct timer_list *timer);
 
 /* br.c */
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ATM_LANE)
diff --git a/net/bridge/br_stp_timer.c b/net/bridge/br_stp_timer.c
index 27bf1979b909..7b09fe3abd22 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_stp_timer.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_stp_timer.c
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ void br_stp_port_timer_init(struct net_bridge_port *p)
 }
 
 /* Report ticks left (in USER_HZ) used for API */
-unsigned long br_timer_value(const struct timer_list *timer)
+clock_t br_timer_value(const struct timer_list *timer)
 {
 	return timer_pending(timer)
 		? jiffies_delta_to_clock_t(timer->expires - jiffies) : 0;

> diff --git a/net/bridge/br_sysfs_br.c b/net/bridge/br_sysfs_br.c
> index ea733542244c..0edab3910d46 100644
> --- a/net/bridge/br_sysfs_br.c
> +++ b/net/bridge/br_sysfs_br.c
> @@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ static ssize_t hello_timer_show(struct device *d,
>  				struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
>  {
>  	struct net_bridge *br = to_bridge(d);
> -	return sprintf(buf, "%ld\n", br_timer_value(&br->hello_timer));
> +	return sprintf(buf, "%lu\n", br_timer_value(&br->hello_timer));
>  }
>  static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(hello_timer);
>  
> @@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ static ssize_t tcn_timer_show(struct device *d, struct device_attribute *attr,
>  			      char *buf)
>  {
>  	struct net_bridge *br = to_bridge(d);
> -	return sprintf(buf, "%ld\n", br_timer_value(&br->tcn_timer));
> +	return sprintf(buf, "%lu\n", br_timer_value(&br->tcn_timer));
>  }
>  static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(tcn_timer);
>  
> @@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ static ssize_t topology_change_timer_show(struct device *d,
>  					  char *buf)
>  {
>  	struct net_bridge *br = to_bridge(d);
> -	return sprintf(buf, "%ld\n", br_timer_value(&br->topology_change_timer));
> +	return sprintf(buf, "%lu\n", br_timer_value(&br->topology_change_timer));
>  }
>  static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(topology_change_timer);
>  
> @@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ static ssize_t gc_timer_show(struct device *d, struct device_attribute *attr,
>  			     char *buf)
>  {
>  	struct net_bridge *br = to_bridge(d);
> -	return sprintf(buf, "%ld\n", br_timer_value(&br->gc_work.timer));
> +	return sprintf(buf, "%lu\n", br_timer_value(&br->gc_work.timer));
>  }
>  static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(gc_timer);
>  
> diff --git a/net/bridge/br_sysfs_if.c b/net/bridge/br_sysfs_if.c
> index 74fdd8105dca..08ad4580e645 100644
> --- a/net/bridge/br_sysfs_if.c
> +++ b/net/bridge/br_sysfs_if.c
> @@ -155,21 +155,21 @@ static BRPORT_ATTR(state, 0444, show_port_state, NULL);
>  static ssize_t show_message_age_timer(struct net_bridge_port *p,
>  					    char *buf)
>  {
> -	return sprintf(buf, "%ld\n", br_timer_value(&p->message_age_timer));
> +	return sprintf(buf, "%lu\n", br_timer_value(&p->message_age_timer));
>  }
>  static BRPORT_ATTR(message_age_timer, 0444, show_message_age_timer, NULL);
>  
>  static ssize_t show_forward_delay_timer(struct net_bridge_port *p,
>  					    char *buf)
>  {
> -	return sprintf(buf, "%ld\n", br_timer_value(&p->forward_delay_timer));
> +	return sprintf(buf, "%lu\n", br_timer_value(&p->forward_delay_timer));
>  }
>  static BRPORT_ATTR(forward_delay_timer, 0444, show_forward_delay_timer, NULL);
>  
>  static ssize_t show_hold_timer(struct net_bridge_port *p,
>  					    char *buf)
>  {
> -	return sprintf(buf, "%ld\n", br_timer_value(&p->hold_timer));
> +	return sprintf(buf, "%lu\n", br_timer_value(&p->hold_timer));
>  }
>  static BRPORT_ATTR(hold_timer, 0444, show_hold_timer, NULL);
>  
> -- 
> 2.33.0
> 
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