Utilize the %pe print specifier to get the symbolic error name as a string (i.e "-ENOMEM") in the log message instead of the error code to increase its readablility. This change was suggested in https://lore.kernel.org/all/92972476-0b1f-4d0a-9951-af3fc8bc6e65@suswa.mountain/ Signed-off-by: Christian Heusel <christian@xxxxxxxxx> --- fs/jffs2/background.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/jffs2/background.c b/fs/jffs2/background.c index 6da92ecaf66d..bb0ee1a59e71 100644 --- a/fs/jffs2/background.c +++ b/fs/jffs2/background.c @@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ int jffs2_start_garbage_collect_thread(struct jffs2_sb_info *c) tsk = kthread_run(jffs2_garbage_collect_thread, c, "jffs2_gcd_mtd%d", c->mtd->index); if (IS_ERR(tsk)) { - pr_warn("fork failed for JFFS2 garbage collect thread: %ld\n", - -PTR_ERR(tsk)); + pr_warn("fork failed for JFFS2 garbage collect thread: %pe\n", + tsk); complete(&c->gc_thread_exit); ret = PTR_ERR(tsk); } else { -- 2.43.1
