linux-kernel - Re: the printk problem

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Message-ID: <20080705185253.GQ14894@parisc-linux.org>
Date:	Sat, 5 Jul 2008 12:52:53 -0600
From:	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>
To:	Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@...il.com>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ozas.de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...abs.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: the printk problem

On Sat, Jul 05, 2008 at 08:41:39PM +0200, Vegard Nossum wrote:
> Single letters are bad because it hurts readability and limits the
> usefulness of the extension.</MHO>

I think you need a little warning noise that goes off in your head that
means "I might be overdesigning this".  Linus' code is elegant and
solves a problem nicely.

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