netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: Convert printks to pr

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Date:	Sun, 11 Mar 2012 23:48:46 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	joe@...ches.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: Convert printks to pr_<level>

From: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2012 21:36:11 -0700

> Use a more current kernel messaging style.
> 
> Convert a printk block to print_hex_dump.
> Coalesce formats, align arguments.
> Use %s, __func__ instead of embedding function names.
> 
> Some messages that were prefixed with <foo>_close are
> now prefixed with <foo>_fini.  Some ah4 and esp messages
> are now not prefixed with "ip ".
> 
> The intent of this patch is to later add something like
>   #define pr_fmt(fmt) "IPv4: " fmt.
> to standardize the output messages.
> 
> Text size is trivially reduced. (x86-32 allyesconfig)
> 
> $ size net/ipv4/built-in.o*
>    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>  887888	  31558	 249696	1169142	 11d6f6	net/ipv4/built-in.o.new
>  887934	  31558	 249800	1169292	 11d78c	net/ipv4/built-in.o.old
> 
> Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>

Applied, thanks a lot Joe.
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