Re: [PATCH 1/1] printk: Make it compile with !CONFIG_PRINTK

[Joe Perches <joe-6d6DIl74uiNBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org>]

On Mon, 2012-05-14 at 18:20 +0200, Kay Sievers wrote:
> On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 6:18 PM, Hiroshi DOYU <hdoyu-DDmLM1+adcrQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > Add missing prepend_timestamp() dummy.
> 
> That was fixed already last week:
> http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core.git;a=commitdiff;h=1fce677971e29ceaa7c569741fa9c685a7b1052a

Yup, but in my opinion, this particular fix shouldn't be
necessary because the CONFIG_PRINTK bits should have better
code separation.

None of the code that calls prepend_timestamp should
actually be compiled in when !CONFIG_PRINTK.

The same is true for unnecessary uses like the existing
per-cpu:

static DEFINE_PER_CPU(int, printk_pending);
static DEFINE_PER_CPU(char [PRINTK_BUF_SIZE], printk_sched_buf);
 
After this patchset is accepted into mainline, I'll revive
the modularization and move of kernel/printk.c and associated
files into -> kernel/printk/* patch I did awhile ago.

I'll follow-on to this message with the original patches
just as an fyi/rfc.

cheers, Joe