linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] New kernel-message logging API

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Date:	Sat, 22 Sep 2007 17:13:03 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@...il.com>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	holzheu <holzheu@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>,
	Dick Streefland <dick.streefland@...ium.nl>
Subject: Re: [RFC] New kernel-message logging API

On Sat, 2007-09-22 at 21:27 +0200, Vegard Nossum wrote:
> #define kprint(fmt, ...)

Good ideas.  Perhaps a prefix of klog or kp_ instead?
Given the number of 80 column zealots, character naming length matters.

> Additionally, this would allow the compiler to completely optimize out
> calls that are below a certain log-level severity level [2][3].

Severity doesn't really equate to desire to log.
I'd prefer arbitrary control of log levels.

cheers, Joe

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