linux-kernel - Re: code style: Re: [PATCH v4] printk: Userspace format enumeration support

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Date:   Tue, 16 Feb 2021 21:05:48 +0000
From:   Chris Down <chris@...isdown.name>
To:     Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
Cc:     Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>,
        John Ogness <john.ogness@...utronix.de>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, kernel-team@...com
Subject: Re: code style: Re: [PATCH v4] printk: Userspace format enumeration
 support

Johannes Weiner writes:
>On Tue, Feb 16, 2021 at 05:27:08PM +0000, Chris Down wrote:
>> Petr Mladek writes:
>> > I wonder if we could find a better name for the configure switch.
>> > I have troubles to imagine what printk enumeration might mean.
>> > Well, it might be because I am not a native speaker.
>> >
>> > Anyway, the word "enumeration" is used only in the configure option.
>> > Everything else is "printk_fmt"
>> >
>> > What about DEBUG_PRINTK_FORMATS?
>>
>> Hmm, I don't like DEBUG_PRINTK_FMTS because it's not about debugging, it's
>> about enumeration, I guess :-)
>>
>> The name should reflect that this catalogues the available printks in the
>> kernel -- "debugging" seems to imply something different.
>>
>> I'm ok with a different name like "printk catalogue" or something like that
>> if you prefer. Personally I think "printk enumeration" is fairly clear --
>> it's about enumerating the available printks -- but anything that captures
>> that spirit is fine.
>
>How about config PRINTK_INDEX?

Ah yes, I also like that. PRINTK_INDEX is fine from my perspective and is more 
straightforward than "enumeration", thanks.