linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/5] net: emaclite: Use __func_

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Message-ID: <3013aae1803c096645887864d1b161efbfba7c77.camel@perches.com>
Date:   Tue, 19 Jun 2018 15:37:36 -0700
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>,
        Radhey Shyam Pandey <radhey.shyam.pandey@...inx.com>
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Michal Simek <michal.simek@...inx.com>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-arm Mailing List <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] net: emaclite: Use __func__ instead of hardcoded
 name

On Wed, 2018-06-20 at 00:36 +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 18, 2018 at 2:08 PM, Radhey Shyam Pandey
> <radhey.shyam.pandey@...inx.com> wrote:
> > Switch hardcoded function name with a reference to __func__ making
> > the code more maintainable. Address below checkpatch warning:
> > 
> > WARNING: Prefer using '"%s...", __func__' to using 'xemaclite_mdio_read',
> > this function's name, in a string
> > +               "xemaclite_mdio_read(phy_id=%i, reg=%x) == %x\n",
> > 
> > WARNING: Prefer using '"%s...", __func__' to using 'xemaclite_mdio_write',
> > this function's name, in a string
> > +               "xemaclite_mdio_write(phy_id=%i, reg=%x, val=%x)\n",
> > 
> 
> For dev_dbg() the __func__ should be completely dropped away.

Not really the same.

dev_dbg without CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG does not have
the ability to prefix __func__.