Re: [PATCH] staging: fbtft: Use %pe format specifier for error pointers

On Mon, Apr 13, 2026 at 10:03:58AM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 12, 2026 at 5:46 PM Mahad Ibrahim
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > The %pe format specifier resolves error pointers to their symbolic
> > representation. Previously %ld with PTR_ERR() was being used, %pe is a
> > better alternative.
> >
> > Fixes the following coccinelle warnings reported by coccicheck:
> > WARNING: Consider using %pe to print PTR_ERR()
> >
> > Testing: I do not own the hardware, therefore I could not perform
> > hardware testing. Compile tested only.
> 
> I don't think it makes any difference for this driver. But I am not
> objecting to the change. Up to Greg if he wants to apply or not.

I always like these changes.  I wish that there were an equivalent
%e which printed error codes that weren't stored in an error pointer.

KTODO: introduce a %e type format thing which prints error codes

regards,
dan carpenter