linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] move #define pr_fmt KBUILD_MODNAME and KMSG

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Date:	Wed, 30 Sep 2009 08:55:33 +0200
From:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@...ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC] move #define pr_fmt KBUILD_MODNAME and KMSG_COMPONENT to
	Makefiles?

Hi Joe.

On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 11:15:04AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> There are starting to be more uses of
> 
> #define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
> 
> and
> 
> #define KMSG_COMPONENT "foo"
> #define pr_fmt(fmt) KMSG_COMPONENT ": " fmt
> 
> in kernel sources.
> 
> Perhaps it would be better to put these
> defines in the appropriate Makefile and not
> sprinkle the sources with them multiple times?

Maybe I'm a bit dense but I do not quiete follow you
here. What is it you want moved to kbuild here?

To me it looks more like a logical extension to the
pr_* macros based on info we already have available.

	Sam
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