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From: Mike Frysinger <vapier.adi@gmail.com>
To: Marc Andre Tanner <mat@brain-dump.org>
Cc: linux-embedded@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC|PATCH] Compile time printk verbosity
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 19:37:27 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <8bd0f97a0909011637p1d97b3cft91708225c7514f9f@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1251844269-12394-1-git-send-email-mat@brain-dump.org>

On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 18:31, Marc Andre Tanner wrote:
> This series adds a configuration option to selectively compile out
> printk message strings based on a verbosity level.
>
> This works by wrapping printk with a macro which evaluates to a
> constant if condition which the compiler will be able to optimize
> out.
>
> However because printk might be wrapped by a macro it no longer has
> a return value. This means that constructs like the following ones
> don't work:
>
>   ((void)(SOME_RANDOM_DEBUG_FLAG && printk(...));
>
>   some_random_variable = printk(...);
>
> Therefore printk_unfiltered is introduced which is just an alias
> to the standard printk function but not wrapped by a macro.

why dont you return 0 if it gets optimized away ?  then you wont have
to screw with external code at all and things "just work".
-mike

  parent reply	other threads:[~2009-09-01 23:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-09-01 22:31 [RFC|PATCH] Compile time printk verbosity Marc Andre Tanner
2009-09-01 22:31 ` [PATCH 1/7] printk: introduce CONFIG_PRINTK_VERBOSITY Marc Andre Tanner
2009-09-01 22:31 ` [PATCH 2/7] printk: move printk to the end of the file Marc Andre Tanner
2009-09-01 22:31 ` [PATCH 3/7] printk: introduce printk_unfiltered as an alias to printk Marc Andre Tanner
2009-09-01 22:31 ` [PATCH 4/7] drivers: replace printk with printk_unfiltered Marc Andre Tanner
2009-09-01 22:31 ` [PATCH 5/7] drivers: make macro independent of printk's return value Marc Andre Tanner
2009-09-01 22:31 ` [PATCH 6/7] video/stk-webcam: change use of STK_ERROR Marc Andre Tanner
2009-09-01 22:31 ` [PATCH 7/7] printk: provide a filtering macro for printk Marc Andre Tanner
2009-09-01 23:24   ` Tim Bird
2009-09-01 23:32     ` H Hartley Sweeten
2009-09-02 13:09       ` Marc Andre Tanner
2009-09-02 17:05         ` Tim Bird
2009-09-02 17:31           ` Tim Bird
2009-09-02 18:22           ` H Hartley Sweeten
2009-09-04 14:05             ` Marc Andre Tanner
2009-09-10  9:22           ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2009-09-01 23:35   ` Jamie Lokier
2009-09-02  9:03     ` Marc Andre Tanner
2009-09-02  9:54       ` Marc Andre Tanner
2009-09-02 11:06       ` Jamie Lokier
2009-09-02 12:25         ` Bill Gatliff
2009-09-02 12:44           ` Marc Andre Tanner
2009-09-02 12:54             ` Mike Frysinger
2009-09-02 14:07               ` Marc Andre Tanner
2009-09-02 14:30               ` Jamie Lokier
2009-09-01 23:37 ` Mike Frysinger [this message]
2009-09-02  8:57   ` [RFC|PATCH] Compile time printk verbosity Marc Andre Tanner
2009-09-02  9:11     ` Mike Frysinger
2009-09-02  9:47       ` Marc Andre Tanner
2009-09-02  9:56         ` Mike Frysinger

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