printk-wrapper with sectionized string constants [was: Re: [RFC, PATCH] watchdog on gpio]

[Johannes Weiner <hannes@saeurebad.de>]

Hi,

"Mike Frysinger" <vapier.adi@gmail.com> writes:
>> How about:
>>
>> #define init_printk(fmt, args...) ({            \
>>         static const __init char __fmt[] = fmt; \
>>         printk(__fmt, args);                    \
>> })
>>
>> Now it returns the printk result.
>
> i wasnt really worried about that ... i was worried about other random
> things i may have missed

Ok.

> your dropping of ## wont work as you need gcc to expand args and take
> away the , in the simple 1 arg case:
> init_printk("MOO");

Whoops, totally oversaw this one.  Of course, this must be in.

Perhaps an even more generic solution would be good, like this:

#define section_printk(sect, fmt, args...) ({		\
	static const sect char __fmt[] = fmt;		\
        printk(__fmt, ## args);				\
})

And then just have convenience wrappers like {,dev}init_printk, ... etc.

Can someone please shout at us if there is a fundamental problem with
this approach?

	Hannes