Re: [PATCH] KEYS: encrypted: Use pr_fmt()

[Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@kernel.org>]

On Wed, Nov 19, 2025 at 03:45:02PM +0100, Thorsten Blum wrote:
> On 19. Nov 2025, at 03:48, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> > On Thu, Nov 13, 2025 at 01:35:44PM +0100, Thorsten Blum wrote:
> >> Use pr_fmt() to automatically prefix all pr_<level>() log messages with
> > 
> > This fails to describe what "use" means.
> 
> I don't understand what you mean. What's wrong with "use ... to ..."?

I think e.g., "Rewrite the definition of ..." describes better what
you're doing.

> 
> >> "encrypted_key: " and remove all manually added prefixes.
> >> 
> >> Reformat the code accordingly and avoid line breaks in log messages.
> >> 
> >> Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
> >> ---
> >> security/keys/encrypted-keys/encrypted.c | 74 +++++++++++-------------
> >> security/keys/encrypted-keys/encrypted.h |  2 +-
> >> 2 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-)
> >> 
> >> diff --git a/security/keys/encrypted-keys/encrypted.c b/security/keys/encrypted-keys/encrypted.c
> >> index 513c09e2b01c..a8e8bf949b4b 100644
> >> --- a/security/keys/encrypted-keys/encrypted.c
> >> +++ b/security/keys/encrypted-keys/encrypted.c
> >> @@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
> >>  * See Documentation/security/keys/trusted-encrypted.rst
> >>  */
> >> 
> > 
> > Should have undef prepending.
> 
> Why is this necessary when the #define is at the top of a source file?
> The kernel documentation [1] doesn't mention this anywhere. Isn't #undef
> only needed when redefining 'pr_fmt' in the middle of a file to avoid a
> compiler warning/error?
> 
> >> +#define pr_fmt(fmt) "encrypted_key: " fmt
> >> +
> >> [...]
> 
> Thanks,
> Thorsten
> 
> [1] https://docs.kernel.org/core-api/printk-basics.html
> 

BR, Jarkko