Re: [patch 3/3] x86: io-apic - code style cleaning for setup_IO_APIC_irqs

Ingo Molnar
2008-09-06T18:49:38Z

* Maciej W. Rozycki <macro@linux-mips.org> wrote:

> On Sat, 6 Sep 2008, Cyrill Gorcunov wrote:
>
> > Ingo, how about the following approach? We don't introduce new
> > functions but rather srink the code by new printout form.
>
> Honestly, this one should probably use sprintf() or suchlike to avoid the
> mess of printk() calls building a line of output from pieces. It's quite
> easy to calculate here what the maximum size of the buffer required could
> be and automatic arrays can have variable size, so no need for the hassle
> of heap management. Calls to printk() without a trailing newline should
> be avoided where possible as it messes up logging priority if a message
> pops up from an interrupt inbetween.

hm, is it worth the trouble? This is during very early init.

Ingo