A number of local #defines or functions exist which merely add a constant prefix to printks. Perhaps it is better to have these functions standardized.
Thoughts? A method to prefix pr_info messages with an arbitrary prefix (#define PREFIX "foo") could be: -------------------------------- #define PRINTK_stringify_1(x) #x #define PRINTK_stringify(x) PRINTK_stringify_1(x) #define PRINTK_USEPREFIX (strcmp(PRINTK_stringify(PREFIX), "PREFIX")) #define PRINTK_PREFIX(PREFIX) \ ({const char *p = PRINTK_USEPREFIX(PREFIX) ? PRINTK_stringify(PREFIX) + 1 : ""; p;}) #define PRINTK_PREFIXLEN(PREFIX) \ ({int len = PRINTK_USEPREFIX(PREFIX) ? strlen(PRINTK_stringify(PREFIX)) - 2 : 0; len;}) #define PRINTK_PREFIXSEPARATOR(PREFIX) \ ({const char *p = PRINTK_USEPREFIX(PREFIX) ? ": " : ""; p;}) #define PRINTK_PREFIXFMT "%.*s%s" #define PRINTK_PREFIXARG PRINTK_PREFIXLEN(PREFIX), PRINTK_PREFIX(PREFIX), PRINTK_PREFIXSEPARATOR(PREFIX) #define pr_info(fmt, arg...) printk(KERN_INFO PRINTK_PREFIXFMT fmt, PRINTK_PREFIXARG, ##arg) #define pr_warn(fmt, arg...) printk(KERN_WARNING PRINTK_PREFIXFMT fmt, PRINTK_PREFIXARG, ##arg) #define pr_err(fmt, arg...) printk(KERN_ERR PRINTK_PREFIXFMT fmt, PRINTK_PREFIXARG, ##arg) --------------- With a #define of PREFIX: #define PREFIX "abc" pr_info("msg\n") output: <6>abc: msg without a #define of PREFIX: pr_info("msg\n") output: <6>msg --------------- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/