Re: [PATCH v4 5/6] powerpc: Add show_user_instructions()

From: Joe Perches
Date: Thu Aug 02 2018 - 21:22:46 EST


On Thu, 2018-08-02 at 21:42 -0300, Murilo Opsfelder Araujo wrote:
> > > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
[]
> > > @@ -1299,6 +1299,46 @@ static void show_instructions(struct pt_regs *regs)
> > > pr_cont("\n");
> > > }
> > > +void show_user_instructions(struct pt_regs *regs)
> > > +{
> > > + int i;
> > > + const char *prefix = KERN_INFO "%s[%d]: code: ";
> > > + unsigned long pc = regs->nip - (instructions_to_print * 3 / 4 *
> > > + sizeof(int));
> > > +
> > > + printk(prefix, current->comm, current->pid);
> >
> > Why not use pr_info() and remove KERN_INFO from *prefix ?
>
> Because it doesn't compile:
>
> arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c:1317:10: error: expected â)â before âprefixâ
> pr_info(prefix, current->comm, current->pid);
> ^
> ./include/linux/printk.h:288:21: note: in definition of macro âpr_fmtâ
> #define pr_fmt(fmt) fmt
> ^

What being suggested is using:

pr_info("%s[%d]: code: ", current->comm, current->pid);