linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH] cleanup legacy console

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Date:	Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:18:23 -0700
From:	"Anirban Sinha" <ASinha@...gmasystems.com>
To:	"Linus Torvalds" <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	"Randy Dunlap" <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] cleanup legacy console_print function


>On Fri, 11 Sep 2009, Anirban Sinha wrote:
>>
>> -           console_print(text); \
>> -           console_print("\n"); \
>> +           printk(KERN_EMERG "%s", text);      \
>> +           printk(KERN_EMERG "\n");            \
>
>Just clean it up to be
>
>	printk(KERN_EMERG "%s\n", text);
>
>instead while at it.
>
>>  #define TRACE_CHR(chr) \
>>  	{ \
>>  	  if(dtlk_trace) \
>> -	    console_print(chr); \
>> +	    printk(KERN_EMERG "%c", chr); \
>
>That can't be right. The translation is to use "%s", not "%c".

Better still, for both the above cases, I will simply remove those macro
definitions. They are enclosed within {#if0 #endif}, so no code could
possibly be using it. If anyone has any strong reasons for keeping it
still, please raise your voice now.

Cheers,

Ani

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