linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHSET] printk: implement printk

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Date:	Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:58:37 +0900
From:	Tejun Heo <htejun@...il.com>
To:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, daniel.ritz-ml@...ssonline.ch,
	jeff@...zik.org, linux-ide@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCHSET] printk: implement printk_header() and merging printk

Hello,

Randy Dunlap wrote:
>>   mprintk_set_header(&mp, KERN_INFO "ata%u.%2u: ", 1, 0);
>>   mprintk_push(&mp, "ATA %d", 7);
>>   mprintk_push(&mp, ", %u sectors\n", 1024);
>>   mprintk(&mp, "everything seems dandy\n");
> 
> Looks pretty good to me except that I would change mprintk_push to
> mprintk_add or mprintk_append (I think that I prefer _add).

I think push and flush sound good when used together but then again the
flush function isn't visible in the interface and push has LIFO ring to
it.  I'm okay with add.  append seems a bit too long.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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