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"%" PRIu8 expands to %hhu with -specs=nano.specs

Asked by Brob

Since nano.spec doesn't support all scanf/print format specifiers, I would expect that when using nano.specs the appropriate format specifier are being used. From the object files I however can see that "%" PRIu8 still expands to %hhu.

Am I missing something in this? Are any additional defines required to make the compiler / pre-processor use the correct defines?

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Tejas Belagod (belagod-tejas) said : 		#1

Hi,

Can you please construct a minimal test case that demonstrates the unexpected behaviour. Please also mention explicitly what headers you're including and a gcc compilation command line with '-v' that shows which headers are getting pulled in.

Thanks,
Tejas.

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Brob (tlj-debrouwer) said : 		#2

Hello Tejas,

Thanks for the prompt response, hereby:

Code:
#include <inttypes.h>
#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
    printf("%" PRIu8 "-%" PRIu8 "-%" PRIu8, 1, 2, 4);
}

This is the compiler output (including the command):
"/usr"/bin/arm-none-eabi-g++ -v -Os -specs=nano.specs -nostdlib -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-exceptions -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -c -Wall -Wno-unknown-pragmas -Wno-psabi -x none -D"NDEBUG" -DTARGET_STM32 -mcpu=cortex-m3 -mthumb -o test.o -std=gnu++0x test.cpp
Using built-in specs.
Reading specs from /usr/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-none-eabi/7.2.1/../../../../arm-none-eabi/lib/nano.specs
rename spec link to nano_link
rename spec link_gcc_c_sequence to nano_link_gcc_c_sequence
rename spec cpp_unique_options to nano_cpp_unique_options
COLLECT_GCC=/usr/bin/arm-none-eabi-g++
Target: arm-none-eabi
Configured with: /tmp/jenkins/jenkins-GCC-7-build_toolchain_docker-633_20171130_1512067137/src/gcc/configure --target=arm-none-eabi --prefix=/tmp/jenkins/jenkins-GCC-7-build_toolchain_docker-633_20171130_1512067137/install-native --libexecdir=/tmp/jenkins/jenkins-GCC-7-build_toolchain_docker-633_20171130_1512067137/install-native/lib --infodir=/tmp/jenkins/jenkins-GCC-7-build_toolchain_docker-633_20171130_1512067137/install-native/share/doc/gcc-arm-none-eabi/info --mandir=/tmp/jenkins/jenkins-GCC-7-build_toolchain_docker-633_20171130_1512067137/install-native/share/doc/gcc-arm-none-eabi/man --htmldir=/tmp/jenkins/jenkins-GCC-7-build_toolchain_docker-633_20171130_1512067137/install-native/share/doc/gcc-arm-none-eabi/html --pdfdir=/tmp/jenkins/jenkins-GCC-7-build_toolchain_docker-633_20171130_1512067137/install-native/share/doc/gcc-arm-none-eabi/pdf --enable-languages=c,c++ --enable-plugins --disable-decimal-float --disable-libffi --disable-libgomp --disable-libmudflap --disable-libquadmath --disable-libssp --disable-libstdcxx-pch --disable-nls --disable-shared --disable-threads --disable-tls --with-gnu-as --with-gnu-ld --with-newlib --with-headers=yes --with-python-dir=share/gcc-arm-none-eabi --with-sysroot=/tmp/jenkins/jenkins-GCC-7-build_toolchain_docker-633_20171130_1512067137/install-native/arm-none-eabi --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-gmp=/tmp/jenkins/jenkins-GCC-7-build_toolchain_docker-633_20171130_1512067137/build-native/host-libs/usr --with-mpfr=/tmp/jenkins/jenkins-GCC-7-build_toolchain_docker-633_20171130_1512067137/build-native/host-libs/usr --with-mpc=/tmp/jenkins/jenkins-GCC-7-build_toolchain_docker-633_20171130_1512067137/build-native/host-libs/usr --with-isl=/tmp/jenkins/jenkins-GCC-7-build_toolchain_docker-633_20171130_1512067137/build-native/host-libs/usr --with-libelf=/tmp/jenkins/jenkins-GCC-7-build_toolchain_docker-633_20171130_1512067137/build-native/host-libs/usr --with-host-libstdcxx='-static-libgcc -Wl,-Bstatic,-lstdc++,-Bdynamic -lm' --with-pkgversion='GNU Tools for Arm Embedded Processors 7-2017-q4-major' --with-multilib-list=rmprofile
Thread model: single
gcc version 7.2.1 20170904 (release) [ARM/embedded-7-branch revision 255204] (GNU Tools for Arm Embedded Processors 7-2017-q4-major)
COLLECT_GCC_OPTIONS='-v' '-Os' '-specs=nano.specs' '-nostdlib' '-fno-strict-aliasing' '-fno-exceptions' '-ffunction-sections' '-fdata-sections' '-c' '-Wall' '-Wno-unknown-pragmas' '-Wno-psabi' '-D' 'NDEBUG' '-D' 'TARGET_STM32' '-mcpu=cortex-m3' '-mthumb' '-o' 'test.o' '-std=gnu++11'
 /usr/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-none-eabi/7.2.1/cc1plus -isystem =/include/newlib-nano -quiet -v -imultilib thumb/v7-m -iprefix /usr/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-none-eabi/7.2.1/ -isysroot /usr/bin/../arm-none-eabi -D__USES_INITFINI__ -D NDEBUG -D TARGET_STM32 test.cpp -quiet -dumpbase test.cpp -mcpu=cortex-m3 -mthumb -auxbase-strip test.o -Os -Wall -Wno-unknown-pragmas -Wno-psabi -std=gnu++11 -version -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-exceptions -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -o /tmp/ccq3HLns.s
GNU C++11 (GNU Tools for Arm Embedded Processors 7-2017-q4-major) version 7.2.1 20170904 (release) [ARM/embedded-7-branch revision 255204] (arm-none-eabi)
 compiled by GNU C version 4.8.4, GMP version 6.1.0, MPFR version 3.1.4, MPC version 1.0.3, isl version isl-0.15-GMP

GGC heuristics: --param ggc-min-expand=100 --param ggc-min-heapsize=131072
ignoring duplicate directory "/usr/bin/../lib/gcc/../../lib/gcc/arm-none-eabi/7.2.1/../../../../arm-none-eabi/include/c++/7.2.1"
ignoring duplicate directory "/usr/bin/../lib/gcc/../../lib/gcc/arm-none-eabi/7.2.1/../../../../arm-none-eabi/include/c++/7.2.1/arm-none-eabi/thumb/v7-m"
ignoring duplicate directory "/usr/bin/../lib/gcc/../../lib/gcc/arm-none-eabi/7.2.1/../../../../arm-none-eabi/include/c++/7.2.1/backward"
ignoring duplicate directory "/usr/bin/../lib/gcc/../../lib/gcc/arm-none-eabi/7.2.1/include"
ignoring nonexistent directory "/usr/bin/../arm-none-eabi/usr/local/include"
ignoring duplicate directory "/usr/bin/../lib/gcc/../../lib/gcc/arm-none-eabi/7.2.1/include-fixed"
ignoring duplicate directory "/usr/bin/../lib/gcc/../../lib/gcc/arm-none-eabi/7.2.1/../../../../arm-none-eabi/include"
ignoring nonexistent directory "/usr/bin/../arm-none-eabi/usr/include"
#include "..." search starts here:
#include <...> search starts here:
 /usr/bin/../arm-none-eabi/include/newlib-nano
 /usr/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-none-eabi/7.2.1/../../../../arm-none-eabi/include/c++/7.2.1
 /usr/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-none-eabi/7.2.1/../../../../arm-none-eabi/include/c++/7.2.1/arm-none-eabi/thumb/v7-m
 /usr/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-none-eabi/7.2.1/../../../../arm-none-eabi/include/c++/7.2.1/backward
 /usr/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-none-eabi/7.2.1/include
 /usr/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-none-eabi/7.2.1/include-fixed
 /usr/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-none-eabi/7.2.1/../../../../arm-none-eabi/include
End of search list.
GNU C++11 (GNU Tools for Arm Embedded Processors 7-2017-q4-major) version 7.2.1 20170904 (release) [ARM/embedded-7-branch revision 255204] (arm-none-eabi)
 compiled by GNU C version 4.8.4, GMP version 6.1.0, MPFR version 3.1.4, MPC version 1.0.3, isl version isl-0.15-GMP

GGC heuristics: --param ggc-min-expand=100 --param ggc-min-heapsize=131072
Compiler executable checksum: 92377522f4e1721a565bc0ceff793996
COLLECT_GCC_OPTIONS='-v' '-Os' '-specs=nano.specs' '-nostdlib' '-fno-strict-aliasing' '-fno-exceptions' '-ffunction-sections' '-fdata-sections' '-c' '-Wall' '-Wno-unknown-pragmas' '-Wno-psabi' '-D' 'NDEBUG' '-D' 'TARGET_STM32' '-mcpu=cortex-m3' '-mthumb' '-o' 'test.o' '-std=gnu++11'
 /usr/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-none-eabi/7.2.1/../../../../arm-none-eabi/bin/as -v -mcpu=cortex-m3 -meabi=5 -o test.o /tmp/ccq3HLns.s
GNU assembler version 2.29.51 (arm-none-eabi) using BFD version (GNU Tools for Arm Embedded Processors 7-2017-q4-major) 2.29.51.20171128
COMPILER_PATH=/usr/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-none-eabi/7.2.1/:/usr/bin/../lib/gcc/:/usr/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-none-eabi/7.2.1/../../../../arm-none-eabi/bin/
LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-none-eabi/7.2.1/thumb/v7-m/:/usr/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-none-eabi/7.2.1/../../../../arm-none-eabi/lib/thumb/v7-m/:/usr/bin/../arm-none-eabi/lib/thumb/v7-m/:/usr/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-none-eabi/7.2.1/:/usr/bin/../lib/gcc/:/usr/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-none-eabi/7.2.1/../../../../arm-none-eabi/lib/:/usr/bin/../arm-none-eabi/lib/
COLLECT_GCC_OPTIONS='-v' '-Os' '-specs=nano.specs' '-nostdlib' '-fno-strict-aliasing' '-fno-exceptions' '-ffunction-sections' '-fdata-sections' '-c' '-Wall' '-Wno-unknown-pragmas' '-Wno-psabi' '-D' 'NDEBUG' '-D' 'TARGET_STM32' '-mcpu=cortex-m3' '-mthumb' '-o' 'test.o' '-std=gnu++11'

this is the observed hex output %hhu-%hhu-%hhu for "%" PRIu8 "-%" PRIu8 "-%" PRIu8

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Best Andre Vieira (andre-simoesdiasvieira) said : 		#3

Hi Brob,

This has been reported upstream earlier:
https://sourceware.org/ml/newlib/2016/msg00000.html

If you follow the thread it is explained why using hhu is correct for PRIu8 regardless of whether C99 types IO is supported.

Hope that helps.

Kind Regards,
Andre

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Brob (tlj-debrouwer) said : 		#4

That is a lengthy conversation. Thanks for pointing to that!

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Brob (tlj-debrouwer) said : 		#5

Thanks Andre Vieira, that solved my question.