Re: [tip:x86/debug] x86: Combine printk()s in show_regs_common()

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Fri Feb 18 2011 - 16:16:08 EST



* Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Fri, 2011-02-18 at 21:05 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > * Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Ingo, why did you choose to apply this patch instead of
> > > the alternative one I posted on the same thread?
> > Your version:
> >
> > /* Board Name is optional */
> > board = dmi_get_system_info(DMI_BOARD_NAME);
> > if (!board)
> > board = "";
> >
> > printk(KERN_CONT "\n");
> >
> > printk(KERN_DEFAULT "Pid: %d, comm: %.20s %s %s %.*s %s %s%s%s\n",
> > current->pid, current->comm, print_tainted(),
> > init_utsname()->release,
> > (int)strcspn(init_utsname()->version, " "),
> > init_utsname()->version,
> > vendor, product,
> > strlen(board) ? "/" : "",
> > board);
> >
> > The 'board' fiddling and the strlen(board) check complicates things unnecessarily
> > and makes the code hard to read. Jan's version was at least simple.
>
> Perhaps you should look at the surrounding code.
> It's uses the same style as I chose for "board".

Yes, i realize that, but the strlen() trick really looks weird.

And 'weird' is not something i like seeing in essential bug reporting code.

Thanks,

Ingo
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