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Date:	Sat, 20 Sep 2008 15:41:02 -0700
From:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
To:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
Cc:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] debug: Introduce a dev_WARN() function

On Fri, 19 Sep 2008 23:13:04 -0700 Arjan van de Ven wrote:

> On Fri, 19 Sep 2008 21:26:30 -0700
> Greg KH <greg@...ah.com> wrote:
> 
> > > in the line of dev_printk(), this patch introduces a dev_WARN()
> > > macro, that takes a struct device and then a printk format/args set
> > > of arguments. Unlike dev_printk(), the effect is that of WARN() in
> > > that a full warning message (including filename/line, module list,
> > > versions and a backtrace) is printed in addition to the device name
> > > and the arguments.
> > 
> > I like the idea, but we already have dev_warn(), so dev_WARN() might
> > be a bit confusing for people.
> > 
> > Perhaps just documenting it with a docbook tag would suffice?
> 
> I didn't think we could do kerneldoc for macros? But maybe I just
> misremember

It works fine.


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~Randy
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