linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: combine printk()s in show_regs

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Message-ID: <1297968817.2856.2.camel@Joe-Laptop>
Date:	Thu, 17 Feb 2011 10:53:37 -0800
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Jan Beulich <JBeulich@...ell.com>
Cc:	mingo@...e.hu, tglx@...utronix.de, hpa@...or.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: combine printk()s in show_regs_common()

On Thu, 2011-02-17 at 15:56 +0000, Jan Beulich wrote:
> Printing a single character alone when there's an immediately following
> printk() is pretty pointless (and wasteful).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@...ell.com>

Perhaps better still to use just one printk.

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/process.c |   22 ++++++++++------------
 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
index ff45541..0f43771 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
@@ -103,20 +103,18 @@ void show_regs_common(void)
 
 	/* Board Name is optional */
 	board = dmi_get_system_info(DMI_BOARD_NAME);
+	if (!board)
+		board = "";
 
 	printk(KERN_CONT "\n");
-	printk(KERN_DEFAULT "Pid: %d, comm: %.20s %s %s %.*s",
-		current->pid, current->comm, print_tainted(),
-		init_utsname()->release,
-		(int)strcspn(init_utsname()->version, " "),
-		init_utsname()->version);
-	printk(KERN_CONT " ");
-	printk(KERN_CONT "%s %s", vendor, product);
-	if (board) {
-		printk(KERN_CONT "/");
-		printk(KERN_CONT "%s", board);
-	}
-	printk(KERN_CONT "\n");
+	printk(KERN_DEFAULT "Pid: %d, comm: %.20s %s %s %.*s %s %s%s%s\n",
+	       current->pid, current->comm, print_tainted(),
+	       init_utsname()->release,
+	       (int)strcspn(init_utsname()->version, " "),
+	       init_utsname()->version,
+	       vendor, product,
+	       strlen(board) ? "/" : "",
+	       board);
 }
 
 void flush_thread(void)


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