Re: [PATCH 1/3] printk: use CONFIG_CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL_* directly

[Sergey Senozhatsky]

On (21/02/02 16:02), Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> 
> CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL_DEFAULT is nothing more than a shorthand of
> CONFIG_CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL_DEFAULT.
> 
> When you change CONFIG_CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL_DEFAULT from Kconfig, almost
> all objects are rebuilt because CONFIG_CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL_DEFAULT is
> used in <linux/printk.h>, which is included from most of source files.
> 
> In fact, there are only 4 users of CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL_DEFAULT:
> 
>   arch/x86/platform/uv/uv_nmi.c
>   drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/efi-stub-helper.c
>   drivers/tty/sysrq.c
>   kernel/printk/printk.c
> 
> So, when you change CONFIG_CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL_DEFAULT and rebuild the
> kernel, it is enough to recompile those 4 files.

Do you change CONFIG_CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL_DEFAULT so often that it becomes a
problem?

	-ss