linux-kernel - Re: + kernelh-printk-panic-string-cleanup.patch added to -mm tree

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Message-ID: <1267050119.24271.7820.camel@gandalf.stny.rr.com>
Date:	Wed, 24 Feb 2010 17:21:59 -0500
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, mm-commits@...r.kernel.org,
	hidave.darkstar@...il.com, gregkh@...e.de,
	kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com, lizf@...fujitsu.com, mingo@...e.hu,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: + kernelh-printk-panic-string-cleanup.patch added to -mm tree

On Wed, 2010-02-24 at 22:34 +0100, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 01:07:15PM -0800, akpm@...ux-foundation.org wrote:
> > 

> That said, it's probably sane to think about a new header to put
> these tracing prototypes, if it's included by kernel.h,
> linux/ftrace.h is already filled with non-general purpose things.
> So may be linux/trace.h ? Yeah this could be confusing, Steve what
> do you think?
> 
> And all in one, it would probably better to split this in three
> patches: one that moves printk helpers out of kernel.h to printk.h,
> another following the same pattern for panic things and another one
> for tracing things.

Yeah, I'm fine with moving the tracing related stuff in kernel.h into a
trace.h file and keep ftrace.h specific to ftrace in general.

But I still find it necessary that trace.h gets included by kernel.h.

I can just imaging Thomas yelling at me more when he adds a
tracing_off() or trace_printk() somewhere and then gets a warning about
it not being declared.

I also gave that patch a NAK, in case that carries any weight.

-- Steve


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