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From: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
To: Chris Down <chris@chrisdown.name>
Cc: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com>,
	John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>,
	kernel-team@fb.com
Subject: Re: code style: Re: [PATCH v4] printk: Userspace format enumeration support
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2021 16:00:32 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <YCwycC8hPsPD7ArU@cmpxchg.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <YCwAbGoVuZJspcx5@chrisdown.name>

On Tue, Feb 16, 2021 at 05:27:08PM +0000, Chris Down wrote:
> Petr Mladek writes:
> > I wonder if we could find a better name for the configure switch.
> > I have troubles to imagine what printk enumeration might mean.
> > Well, it might be because I am not a native speaker.
> > 
> > Anyway, the word "enumeration" is used only in the configure option.
> > Everything else is "printk_fmt"
> > 
> > What about DEBUG_PRINTK_FORMATS?
> 
> Hmm, I don't like DEBUG_PRINTK_FMTS because it's not about debugging, it's
> about enumeration, I guess :-)
> 
> The name should reflect that this catalogues the available printks in the
> kernel -- "debugging" seems to imply something different.
> 
> I'm ok with a different name like "printk catalogue" or something like that
> if you prefer. Personally I think "printk enumeration" is fairly clear --
> it's about enumerating the available printks -- but anything that captures
> that spirit is fine.

How about config PRINTK_INDEX?

  reply	other threads:[~2021-02-16 21:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-02-12 15:30 [PATCH v4] printk: Userspace format enumeration support Chris Down
2021-02-12 18:01 ` kernel test robot
2021-02-13 14:29   ` Chris Down
2021-02-13 15:15     ` Chris Down
2021-02-16 15:53 ` output: was: " Petr Mladek
2021-02-16 16:52   ` Chris Down
2021-02-17 14:27     ` Petr Mladek
2021-02-17 15:28       ` Chris Down
2021-02-17 19:17         ` Steven Rostedt
2021-02-17 21:23           ` Chris Down
2021-02-18 11:34         ` Petr Mladek
2021-02-16 16:00 ` debugfs: " Petr Mladek
2021-02-16 17:18   ` Chris Down
2021-02-17 15:35     ` Petr Mladek
2021-02-17 15:49       ` Chris Down
2021-02-16 17:14 ` code style: " Petr Mladek
2021-02-16 17:27   ` Chris Down
2021-02-16 21:00     ` Johannes Weiner [this message]
2021-02-16 21:05       ` Chris Down
2021-02-17 15:45         ` Petr Mladek
2021-02-17 15:56           ` Chris Down
2021-02-18 10:58             ` Petr Mladek
2021-02-17 16:00           ` Johannes Weiner
2021-02-17 16:09     ` Petr Mladek
2021-02-17 16:25       ` Chris Down
2021-02-17 16:32         ` Chris Down
2021-02-18 10:45           ` Petr Mladek
2021-02-18 12:21 ` Chris Down
2021-02-18 12:37   ` Petr Mladek
2021-02-18 12:41     ` Chris Down
2021-02-18 14:25       ` Petr Mladek
2021-02-18 15:53         ` Chris Down

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