Re: [PATCH] ftrace: using pr_fmt for better printk output

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Tue Jul 17 2012 - 00:25:29 EST


On Mon, 2012-07-16 at 20:42 -0700, Joe Perches wrote:

> > diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
> []
> > @@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
> > * Copyright (C) 2004 William Lee Irwin III
> > */
> >
> > +#define pr_fmt(fmt) "ftrace: " fmt
>
> #define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt

Wouldn't a nicer patch be to move this into a header file and then
remove all the defines throughout the kernel tree?

Also, what is KBUILD_MODNAME defined as for non-modules? As ftrace is
not a module.

-- Steve


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