[linux-nvme:nvme-6.19 3/27] include/linux/kern_levels.h:5:25: warning: format '%ld' expects argument of type 'long int', but argument 2 has type 'size_t' {aka 'unsigned int'}

kernel test robot lkp at intel.com
Tue Nov 25 13:19:13 PST 2025


tree:   git://git.infradead.org/nvme.git nvme-6.19
head:   db2792e1d7696594dcd09dcc97f262e69819a820
commit: 00eecf662c6e30736357ffd007ea2f3964f6eb04 [3/27] nvme-auth: modify nvme_auth_transform_key() to return status
config: arm-allyesconfig (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20251126/202511260537.R9DHSTOl-lkp@intel.com/config)
compiler: arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc (GCC) 15.1.0
reproduce (this is a W=1 build): (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20251126/202511260537.R9DHSTOl-lkp@intel.com/reproduce)

If you fix the issue in a separate patch/commit (i.e. not just a new version of
the same patch/commit), kindly add following tags
| Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp at intel.com>
| Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202511260537.R9DHSTOl-lkp@intel.com/

All warnings (new ones prefixed by >>):

   In file included from include/asm-generic/bug.h:22,
                    from arch/arm/include/asm/bug.h:60,
                    from include/linux/bug.h:5,
                    from include/linux/thread_info.h:13,
                    from include/asm-generic/preempt.h:5,
                    from ./arch/arm/include/generated/asm/preempt.h:1,
                    from include/linux/preempt.h:79,
                    from include/linux/spinlock.h:56,
                    from include/linux/mmzone.h:8,
                    from include/linux/gfp.h:7,
                    from include/linux/umh.h:4,
                    from include/linux/kmod.h:9,
                    from include/linux/module.h:18,
                    from drivers/nvme/common/auth.c:6:
   drivers/nvme/common/auth.c: In function 'nvme_auth_transform_key':
>> include/linux/kern_levels.h:5:25: warning: format '%ld' expects argument of type 'long int', but argument 2 has type 'size_t' {aka 'unsigned int'} [-Wformat=]
       5 | #define KERN_SOH        "\001"          /* ASCII Start Of Header */
         |                         ^~~~~~
   include/linux/printk.h:486:25: note: in definition of macro 'printk_index_wrap'
     486 |                 _p_func(_fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__);                           \
         |                         ^~~~
   include/linux/printk.h:567:9: note: in expansion of macro 'printk'
     567 |         printk(KERN_WARNING pr_fmt(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__)
         |         ^~~~~~
   include/linux/kern_levels.h:12:25: note: in expansion of macro 'KERN_SOH'
      12 | #define KERN_WARNING    KERN_SOH "4"    /* warning conditions */
         |                         ^~~~~~~~
   include/linux/printk.h:567:16: note: in expansion of macro 'KERN_WARNING'
     567 |         printk(KERN_WARNING pr_fmt(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__)
         |                ^~~~~~~~~~~~
   drivers/nvme/common/auth.c:278:17: note: in expansion of macro 'pr_warn'
     278 |                 pr_warn("incompatible digest size %ld for key (hash %s, len %ld)\n",
         |                 ^~~~~~~
   include/linux/kern_levels.h:5:25: warning: format '%ld' expects argument of type 'long int', but argument 4 has type 'size_t' {aka 'unsigned int'} [-Wformat=]
       5 | #define KERN_SOH        "\001"          /* ASCII Start Of Header */
         |                         ^~~~~~
   include/linux/printk.h:486:25: note: in definition of macro 'printk_index_wrap'
     486 |                 _p_func(_fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__);                           \
         |                         ^~~~
   include/linux/printk.h:567:9: note: in expansion of macro 'printk'
     567 |         printk(KERN_WARNING pr_fmt(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__)
         |         ^~~~~~
   include/linux/kern_levels.h:12:25: note: in expansion of macro 'KERN_SOH'
      12 | #define KERN_WARNING    KERN_SOH "4"    /* warning conditions */
         |                         ^~~~~~~~
   include/linux/printk.h:567:16: note: in expansion of macro 'KERN_WARNING'
     567 |         printk(KERN_WARNING pr_fmt(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__)
         |                ^~~~~~~~~~~~
   drivers/nvme/common/auth.c:278:17: note: in expansion of macro 'pr_warn'
     278 |                 pr_warn("incompatible digest size %ld for key (hash %s, len %ld)\n",
         |                 ^~~~~~~


vim +5 include/linux/kern_levels.h

314ba3520e513a Joe Perches 2012-07-30  4  
04d2c8c83d0e3a Joe Perches 2012-07-30 @5  #define KERN_SOH	"\001"		/* ASCII Start Of Header */
04d2c8c83d0e3a Joe Perches 2012-07-30  6  #define KERN_SOH_ASCII	'\001'
04d2c8c83d0e3a Joe Perches 2012-07-30  7  

:::::: The code at line 5 was first introduced by commit
:::::: 04d2c8c83d0e3ac5f78aeede51babb3236200112 printk: convert the format for KERN_<LEVEL> to a 2 byte pattern

:::::: TO: Joe Perches <joe at perches.com>
:::::: CC: Linus Torvalds <torvalds at linux-foundation.org>

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