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

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Date:	Fri, 18 Jan 2008 12:41:08 -0600
From:	Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>
To:	Tejun Heo <htejun@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, daniel.ritz-ml@...ssonline.ch,
	randy.dunlap@...cle.com, jeff@...zik.org,
	linux-ide@...r.kernel.org, Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>
Subject: Re: [PATCHSET] printk: implement printk_header() and merging printk


On Wed, 2008-01-16 at 10:00 +0900, Tejun Heo wrote:
> And mprintk the following.
> 
>  code:
>   DEFINE_MPRINTK(mp, 2 * 80);
> 
>   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");

I prefer Matthew Wilcox's stringbuf approach which does proper memory
management and isn't specific to printk:

http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0710.3/0517.html

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