Re: [PATCH] fix dev_printk to work even in the absence of am attached driver

[Greg KH]

On Mon, Apr 19, 2004 at 03:39:57PM -0500, James Bottomley wrote:
>  /* debugging and troubleshooting/diagnostic helpers. */
>  #define dev_printk(level, dev, format, arg...)	\
> -	printk(level "%s %s: " format , (dev)->driver->name , (dev)->bus_id , ## arg)
> +	printk(level "%s %s: " format , (dev)->driver ? (dev)->driver->name : "(unbound)", (dev)->bus_id , ## arg)

But doesn't this cause the string "(unbound)" to be created for every
dev_printk() call in the code?  I don't think gcc can optimize that very
well.  How about making a global string just for that, otherwise the
size police will come after me for adding such a patch :)

thanks,

greg k-h
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