Re: [PATCH 1/2] break out page allocation warning code

[Dave Hansen <dave@linux.vnet.ibm.com>]

On Fri, 2011-04-08 at 22:54 +0200, Michał Nazarewicz wrote:
> On Apr 8, 2011 10:23 PM, "Dave Hansen" <dave@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> > +       if (fmt) {
> > +               printk(KERN_WARNING);
> > +               va_start(args, fmt);
> > +               r = vprintk(fmt, args);
> > +               va_end(args);
> > +       }
> 
> Could we make the "printk(KERN_WARNING);" go away and require caller
> to specify level?  

The core problem is this: I want two lines of output: one for the
order/mode gunk, and one for the user-specified message.

If we have the user pass in a string for the printk() level, we're stuck
doing what I have here.  If we have them _prepend_ it to the "fmt"
string, then it's harder to figure out below.  I guess we could fish in
the string for it.

> > +       printk(KERN_WARNING);
> > +       printk("%s: page allocation failure: order:%d, mode:0x%x\n",
> > +                       current->comm, order, gfp_mask);
> 
> Even more so here. Why not pr_warning instead of two non-atomic calls
> to printk?

It's a relic of an hour ago when I tried passing in the printk() level
to the function as a string.  It can go away now. :)

-- Dave