linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/4] printk: rename DEFAULT_MESSAGE

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Message-ID: <20140709151351.GD5254@pd.tnic>
Date:	Wed, 9 Jul 2014 17:13:51 +0200
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	Alex Elder <alex.elder@...aro.org>
Cc:	Alex Elder <elder@...aro.org>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	ak@...ux.intel.com, bp@...e.de, jack@...e.cz,
	john.stultz@...aro.org, pmladek@...e.cz, rostedt@...dmis.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] printk: rename DEFAULT_MESSAGE_LOGLEVEL

On Wed, Jul 09, 2014 at 10:10:28AM -0500, Alex Elder wrote:
> Yes I realized this just sort of moved that sort of problem
> to a different place.  The change was responding to the
> inconsistency in naming in "printk.c".  I can control the
> effects of that, but I can't predict who might be using
> various config options, so I avoided doing that rename.
> 
> Was I being overly cautious on the config option name?
> I could fix that too and have consistency everywhere.

You mean turn it into CONFIG_MESSAGE_LOGLEVEL_DEFAULT?

I think you're free to do so because .config defines are not API anyway
and anyone who thinks so should get off the bad sh*t he's smoking.

:-)

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

Sent from a fat crate under my desk. Formatting is fine.
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