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Message-ID: <20080906184914.GG21872@elte.hu>
Date:	Sat, 6 Sep 2008 20:49:14 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	"Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@...ux-mips.org>
Cc:	Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...il.com>, hpa@...or.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, tglx@...utronix.de,
	yhlu.kernel@...il.com
Subject: Re: [patch 3/3] x86: io-apic - code style cleaning for
	setup_IO_APIC_irqs


* Maciej W. Rozycki <macro@...ux-mips.org> wrote:

> On Sat, 6 Sep 2008, Cyrill Gorcunov wrote:
> 
> > Ingo, how about the following approach? We don't introduce new
> > functions but rather srink the code by new printout form.
> 
>  Honestly, this one should probably use sprintf() or suchlike to avoid the
> mess of printk() calls building a line of output from pieces.  It's quite
> easy to calculate here what the maximum size of the buffer required could
> be and automatic arrays can have variable size, so no need for the hassle
> of heap management.  Calls to printk() without a trailing newline should
> be avoided where possible as it messes up logging priority if a message
> pops up from an interrupt inbetween.

hm, is it worth the trouble? This is during very early init.

	Ingo
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