linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH TRIVIAL] bsg: use pr_debug instead of hand crafted macros

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Message-ID: <1516653723.2545.37.camel@wdc.com>
Date:   Mon, 22 Jan 2018 20:42:04 +0000
From:   Bart Van Assche <Bart.VanAssche@....com>
To:     "joe@...ches.com" <joe@...ches.com>,
        "jthumshirn@...e.de" <jthumshirn@...e.de>,
        "axboe@...com" <axboe@...com>
CC:     "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-block@...r.kernel.org" <linux-block@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH TRIVIAL] bsg: use pr_debug instead of hand crafted macros

On Mon, 2018-01-22 at 12:23 -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Mon, 2018-01-22 at 08:53 +0100, Johannes Thumshirn wrote:
> > Use pr_debug instead of hand crafted macros. This way it is not needed to
> > re-compile the kernel to enable bsg debug outputs and it's possible to
> > selectively enable specific prints.
> 
> Perhaps better to use
> 
> #define bsg_dbg(bd, fmt, ...) \
> 	pr_debug(bd->name, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)

Hello Joe,

Why do you think that would be better?

Thanks,

Bart.