linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH] kernel.h: Add pr_debug

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Message-Id: <1254427068.1799.88.camel@Joe-Laptop.home>
Date:	Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:57:47 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	David Daney <ddaney@...iumnetworks.com>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] kernel.h: Add pr_debug_noopt

On Thu, 2009-10-01 at 12:44 -0700, David Daney wrote:
> Joe Perches wrote:
> > --- a/include/linux/kernel.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
> > @@ -380,6 +380,8 @@ static inline char *pack_hex_byte(char *buf, u8 byte)
> >          printk(KERN_NOTICE pr_fmt(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__)
> >  #define pr_info(fmt, ...) \
> >          printk(KERN_INFO pr_fmt(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__)
> > +#define pr_debug_noopt(fmt, ...) \
> > +	printk(KERN_DEBUG pr_fmt(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__)

> To me, 'noopt' is too much like 'nop'.

noopt is not ideal.  I'd prefer pr_dbg.

> How about 'mand' or 'ungated' or something similar?

Maybe pr_debug_always which is just 1 letter longer


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