linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] x86: janitor work in bugs.c

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Message-ID: <87tzh17vy3.fsf@basil.nowhere.org>
Date:	Tue, 13 May 2008 23:09:24 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@...galware.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] x86: janitor work in bugs.c

Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@...galware.org> writes:
>  	if (!boot_cpu_data.hard_math) {
>  #ifndef CONFIG_MATH_EMULATION
> -		printk(KERN_EMERG "No coprocessor found and no math emulation present.\n");
> +		printk(KERN_EMERG "No coprocessor found and no math "
> +			"emulation present.\n");

This means if someone gets this message and wants to grep for it they won't
find it. Bad bad bad.

We had a discussion recently that wrapping printk format strings
is a bad idea. Don't do it please.

-Andi
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