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+If variable is of Type,		use printk format specifier:
+---------------------------------------------------------
+		int			%d or %x
+		unsigned int		%u or %x
+		long			%ld or %lx
+		unsigned long		%lu or %lx
+		long long		%lld or %llx
+		unsigned long long	%llu or %llx
+		size_t			%zu or %zx
+		ssize_t			%zd or %zx
+		s32			%d or %x
+		u32			%u or %x
+		s64			%lld or %llx
+		u64			%llu or %llx
+
+If <type> is dependent on a config option for its size (e.g., sector_t,
+blkcnt_t) or is architecture-dependent for its size (e.g., tcflag_t), use a
+format specifier of its largest possible type and explicitly cast to it.
+Example:
+
+	printk("test: sector number/total blocks: %llu/%llu\n",
+		(unsigned long long)sector, (unsigned long long)blockcount);
+
+Reminder: sizeof() result is of type size_t.
+
+
+Raw pointer value SHOULD be printed with %p. The kernel supports
+the following extended format specifiers for pointer types:
+
+Symbols/Function Pointers:
+
+	%pF	versatile_init+0x0/0x110
+	%pf	versatile_init
+	%pS	versatile_init+0x0/0x110
+	%pSR	versatile_init+0x9/0x110
+		(with __builtin_extract_return_addr() translation)
+	%ps	versatile_init
+	%pB	prev_fn_of_versatile_init+0x88/0x88
+
+	For printing symbols and function pointers. The 'S' and 's' specifiers
+	result in the symbol name with ('S') or without ('s') offsets. Where
+	this is used on a kernel without KALLSYMS - the symbol address is
+	printed instead.
+
+	The 'B' specifier results in the symbol name with offsets and should be
+	used when printing stack backtraces. The specifier takes into
+	consideration the effect of compiler optimisations which may occur
+	when tail-call's are used and marked with the noreturn GCC attribute.
+
+	On ia64, ppc64 and parisc64 architectures function pointers are
+	actually function descriptors which must first be resolved. The 'F' and
+	'f' specifiers perform this resolution and then provide the same
+	functionality as the 'S' and 's' specifiers.
+
+Kernel Pointers:
+
+	%pK	0x01234567 or 0x0123456789abcdef
+
+	For printing kernel pointers which should be hidden from unprivileged
+	users. The behaviour of %pK depends on the kptr_restrict sysctl - see
+	Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt for more details.
+
+Struct Resources:
+
+	%pr	[mem 0x60000000-0x6fffffff flags 0x2200] or
+		[mem 0x0000000060000000-0x000000006fffffff flags 0x2200]
+	%pR	[mem 0x60000000-0x6fffffff pref] or
+		[mem 0x0000000060000000-0x000000006fffffff pref]
+
+	For printing struct resources. The 'R' and 'r' specifiers result in a
+	printed resource with ('R') or without ('r') a decoded flags member.
+	Passed by reference.
+
+Physical addresses types phys_addr_t:
+
+	%pa[p]	0x01234567 or 0x0123456789abcdef
+
+	For printing a phys_addr_t type (and its derivatives, such as
+	resource_size_t) which can vary based on build options, regardless of
+	the width of the CPU data path. Passed by reference.
+
+DMA addresses types dma_addr_t:
+
+	%pad	0x01234567 or 0x0123456789abcdef
+
+	For printing a dma_addr_t type which can vary based on build options,
+	regardless of the width of the CPU data path. Passed by reference.
+
+Raw buffer as an escaped string:
+
+	%*pE[achnops]
+
+	For printing raw buffer as an escaped string. For the following buffer
+
+		1b 62 20 5c 43 07 22 90 0d 5d
+
+	few examples show how the conversion would be done (the result string
+	without surrounding quotes):
+
+		%*pE		"\eb \C\a"\220\r]"
+		%*pEhp		"\x1bb \C\x07"\x90\x0d]"
+		%*pEa		"\e\142\040\\\103\a\042\220\r\135"
+
+	The conversion rules are applied according to an optional combination
+	of flags (see string_escape_mem() kernel documentation for the
+	details):
+		a - ESCAPE_ANY
+		c - ESCAPE_SPECIAL
+		h - ESCAPE_HEX
+		n - ESCAPE_NULL
+		o - ESCAPE_OCTAL
+		p - ESCAPE_NP
+		s - ESCAPE_SPACE
+	By default ESCAPE_ANY_NP is used.
+
+	ESCAPE_ANY_NP is the sane choice for many cases, in particularly for
+	printing SSIDs.
+
+	If field width is omitted the 1 byte only will be escaped.
+
+Raw buffer as a hex string:
+	%*ph	00 01 02  ...  3f
+	%*phC	00:01:02: ... :3f
+	%*phD	00-01-02- ... -3f
+	%*phN	000102 ... 3f
+
+	For printing a small buffers (up to 64 bytes long) as a hex string with
+	certain separator. For the larger buffers consider to use
+	print_hex_dump().
+
+MAC/FDDI addresses:
+
+	%pM	00:01:02:03:04:05
+	%pMR	05:04:03:02:01:00
+	%pMF	00-01-02-03-04-05
+	%pm	000102030405
+	%pmR	050403020100
+
+	For printing 6-byte MAC/FDDI addresses in hex notation. The 'M' and 'm'
+	specifiers result in a printed address with ('M') or without ('m') byte
+	separators. The default byte separator is the colon (':').
+
+	Where FDDI addresses are concerned the 'F' specifier can be used after
+	the 'M' specifier to use dash ('-') separators instead of the default
+	separator.
+
+	For Bluetooth addresses the 'R' specifier shall be used after the 'M'
+	specifier to use reversed byte order suitable for visual interpretation
+	of Bluetooth addresses which are in the little endian order.
+
+	Passed by reference.
+
+IPv4 addresses:
+
+	%pI4	1.2.3.4
+	%pi4	001.002.003.004
+	%p[Ii]4[hnbl]
+
+	For printing IPv4 dot-separated decimal addresses. The 'I4' and 'i4'
+	specifiers result in a printed address with ('i4') or without ('I4')
+	leading zeros.
+
+	The additional 'h', 'n', 'b', and 'l' specifiers are used to specify
+	host, network, big or little endian order addresses respectively. Where
+	no specifier is provided the default network/big endian order is used.
+
+	Passed by reference.
+
+IPv6 addresses:
+
+	%pI6	0001:0002:0003:0004:0005:0006:0007:0008
+	%pi6	00010002000300040005000600070008
+	%pI6c	1:2:3:4:5:6:7:8
+
+	For printing IPv6 network-order 16-bit hex addresses. The 'I6' and 'i6'
+	specifiers result in a printed address with ('I6') or without ('i6')
+	colon-separators. Leading zeros are always used.
+
+	The additional 'c' specifier can be used with the 'I' specifier to
+	print a compressed IPv6 address as described by
+	http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5952
+
+	Passed by reference.
+
+IPv4/IPv6 addresses (generic, with port, flowinfo, scope):
+
+	%pIS	1.2.3.4		or 0001:0002:0003:0004:0005:0006:0007:0008
+	%piS	001.002.003.004	or 00010002000300040005000600070008
+	%pISc	1.2.3.4		or 1:2:3:4:5:6:7:8
+	%pISpc	1.2.3.4:12345	or [1:2:3:4:5:6:7:8]:12345
+	%p[Ii]S[pfschnbl]
+
+	For printing an IP address without the need to distinguish whether it's
+	of type AF_INET or AF_INET6, a pointer to a valid 'struct sockaddr',
+	specified through 'IS' or 'iS', can be passed to this format specifier.
+
+	The additional 'p', 'f', and 's' specifiers are used to specify port
+	(IPv4, IPv6), flowinfo (IPv6) and scope (IPv6). Ports have a ':' prefix,
+	flowinfo a '/' and scope a '%', each followed by the actual value.
+
+	In case of an IPv6 address the compressed IPv6 address as described by
+	http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5952 is being used if the additional
+	specifier 'c' is given. The IPv6 address is surrounded by '[', ']' in
+	case of additional specifiers 'p', 'f' or 's' as suggested by
+	https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-6man-text-addr-representation-07
+
+	In case of IPv4 addresses, the additional 'h', 'n', 'b', and 'l'
+	specifiers can be used as well and are ignored in case of an IPv6
+	address.
+
+	Passed by reference.
+
+	Further examples:
+
+	%pISfc		1.2.3.4		or [1:2:3:4:5:6:7:8]/123456789
+	%pISsc		1.2.3.4		or [1:2:3:4:5:6:7:8]%1234567890
+	%pISpfc		1.2.3.4:12345	or [1:2:3:4:5:6:7:8]:12345/123456789
+
+UUID/GUID addresses:
+
+	%pUb	00010203-0405-0607-0809-0a0b0c0d0e0f
+	%pUB	00010203-0405-0607-0809-0A0B0C0D0E0F
+	%pUl	03020100-0504-0706-0809-0a0b0c0e0e0f
+	%pUL	03020100-0504-0706-0809-0A0B0C0E0E0F
+
+	For printing 16-byte UUID/GUIDs addresses. The additional 'l', 'L',
+	'b' and 'B' specifiers are used to specify a little endian order in
+	lower ('l') or upper case ('L') hex characters - and big endian order
+	in lower ('b') or upper case ('B') hex characters.
+
+	Where no additional specifiers are used the default big endian
+	order with lower case hex characters will be printed.
+
+	Passed by reference.
+
+dentry names:
+	%pd{,2,3,4}
+	%pD{,2,3,4}
+
+	For printing dentry name; if we race with d_move(), the name might be
+	a mix of old and new ones, but it won't oops.  %pd dentry is a safer
+	equivalent of %s dentry->d_name.name we used to use, %pd<n> prints
+	n last components.  %pD does the same thing for struct file.
+
+	Passed by reference.
+
+struct va_format:
+
+	%pV
+
+	For printing struct va_format structures. These contain a format string
+	and va_list as follows:
+
+	struct va_format {
+		const char *fmt;
+		va_list *va;
+	};
+
+	Do not use this feature without some mechanism to verify the
+	correctness of the format string and va_list arguments.
+
+	Passed by reference.
+
+struct clk:
+
+	%pC	pll1
+	%pCn	pll1
+	%pCr	1560000000
+
+	For printing struct clk structures. '%pC' and '%pCn' print the name
+	(Common Clock Framework) or address (legacy clock framework) of the
+	structure; '%pCr' prints the current clock rate.
+
+	Passed by reference.
+
+bitmap and its derivatives such as cpumask and nodemask:
+
+	%*pb	0779
+	%*pbl	0,3-6,8-10
+
+	For printing bitmap and its derivatives such as cpumask and nodemask,
+	%*pb output the bitmap with field width as the number of bits and %*pbl
+	output the bitmap as range list with field width as the number of bits.
+
+	Passed by reference.
+
+Thank you for your cooperation and attention.
+
+
+By Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> and
+Andrew Murray <amurray@mpc-data.co.uk>