linux-kernel - Re: [RFC/PATCH] Documentation of kernel messages

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Message-ID: <4670E8BF.8000202@zytor.com>
Date:	Thu, 14 Jun 2007 00:05:35 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
CC:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>, holzheu@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	randy.dunlap@...cle.com, akpm@...l.org, mtk-manpages@....net,
	schwidefsky@...ibm.com, heiko.carstens@...ibm.com
Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH] Documentation of kernel messages

Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 12:04:56 PDT, Joe Perches said:
> 
>> I believe it better to simply add __FILE__ & __LINE__ to the
>> macro rather than some other externally specified unique
>> identifier that adds developer overhead and easily gets stale.
> 
> There's been plenty of times I've wished for that.  Now if we just found a way
> to do something sane for drivers/net/wireless/mac80211/iwlwifi/base.c ;)
> 

Why don't you just redefine the KERN_* macros which is used by almost
every printk in the system to contain said __FILE__ and __LINE__, then?

	-hpa
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