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Date:	Sat, 9 Aug 2008 20:36:32 -0700
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Marcin Slusarz <marcin.slusarz@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [01/03] USB: add CONFIG_USB_DEBUG_MESSAGES and usb_dbg()

On Sat, Aug 09, 2008 at 05:04:43PM +0200, Marcin Slusarz wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 08, 2008 at 06:39:17PM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> > --- a/drivers/usb/core/usb.h
> > +++ b/drivers/usb/core/usb.h
> > @@ -132,6 +132,28 @@ static inline int is_active(const struct
> >  /* for labeling diagnostics */
> >  extern const char *usbcore_name;
> >  
> > +/* USB debugging */
> > +/* if debug is on or not for the USB core */
> > +extern int usb_debug;
> > +
> > +#if defined(CONFIG_USB_DEBUG_MESSAGES)
> > +/* macro for debugging */
> > +#define usb_dbg(dev, format, arg...)					\
> > +	({								\
> > +		if (usb_debug)						\
> 
> maybe unlikely here?

Does it really generate better code?

I really dislike using unlikely except for fast paths.

thanks,

greg k-h
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