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

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

On Tue, Feb 02, 2021 at 04:02:16PM +0900, 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.
> 
> Remove the CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL_DEFAULT definition from <linux/printk.h>,
> and use CONFIG_CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL_DEFAULT directly.
> 
> With this, the build system will rebuild the minimal number of objects.
> 
> Steps to confirm it:
> 
>   [1] Do the full build
>   [2] Change CONFIG_CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL_DEFAULT from 'make menuconfig' etc.
>   [3] Rebuild
> 
>   $ make
>     SYNC    include/config/auto.conf
>     CALL    scripts/checksyscalls.sh
>     CALL    scripts/atomic/check-atomics.sh
>     DESCEND  objtool
>     CHK     include/generated/compile.h
>     CC      kernel/printk/printk.o
>     AR      kernel/printk/built-in.a
>     AR      kernel/built-in.a
>     CC      drivers/tty/sysrq.o
>     AR      drivers/tty/built-in.a
>     CC      drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/efi-stub-helper.o
>     STUBCPY drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/efi-stub-helper.stub.o
>     AR      drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/lib.a
>     AR      drivers/built-in.a
>     GEN     .version
>     CHK     include/generated/compile.h
>     UPD     include/generated/compile.h
>     CC      init/version.o
>     AR      init/built-in.a
>     LD      vmlinux.o
>     ...
> 
> For the same reason, do likewise for CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL_QUIET and
> MESSAGE_LOGLEVEL_DEFAULT.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> 
>  arch/x86/platform/uv/uv_nmi.c                  |  2 +-
>  drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/efi-stub-helper.c |  6 +++---
>  drivers/tty/sysrq.c                            |  4 ++--
>  drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c               |  2 +-
>  drivers/video/fbdev/efifb.c                    |  2 +-
>  include/linux/printk.h                         | 10 ----------
>  init/main.c                                    |  2 +-
>  kernel/printk/printk.c                         |  6 +++---
>  8 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>