Re: [PATCH 3/4] exfat: Expand exfat_err() and co directly to pr_*() macro

From: Joe Perches
Date: Sat Jul 23 2022 - 04:22:15 EST


On Sat, 2022-07-23 at 10:04 +0200, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> On Sat, 23 Jul 2022 09:42:12 +0200, Joe Perches wrote:
> > On Fri, 2022-07-22 at 16:29 +0200, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> > > Currently the error and info messages handled by exfat_err() and co
> > > are tossed to exfat_msg() function that does nothing but passes the
> > > strings with printk() invocation. Not only that this is more overhead
> > > by the indirect calls, but also this makes harder to extend for the
> > > debug print usage; because of the direct printk() call, you cannot
> > > make it for dynamic debug or without debug like the standard helpers
> > > such as pr_debug() or dev_dbg().
> > >
> > > For addressing the problem, this patch replaces exfat_msg() function
> > > with a macro to expand to pr_*() directly. This allows us to create
> > > exfat_debug() macro that is expanded to pr_debug() (which output can
> > > gracefully suppressed via dyndbg).
> > []
> > > diff --git a/fs/exfat/exfat_fs.h b/fs/exfat/exfat_fs.h
> > []
> > > @@ -508,14 +508,19 @@ void __exfat_fs_error(struct super_block *sb, int report, const char *fmt, ...)
> > > #define exfat_fs_error_ratelimit(sb, fmt, args...) \
> > > __exfat_fs_error(sb, __ratelimit(&EXFAT_SB(sb)->ratelimit), \
> > > fmt, ## args)
> > > -void exfat_msg(struct super_block *sb, const char *lv, const char *fmt, ...)
> > > - __printf(3, 4) __cold;
> > > +
> > > +/* expand to pr_xxx() with prefix */
> > > +#define exfat_msg(sb, lv, fmt, ...) \
> > > + pr_##lv("exFAT-fs (%s): " fmt "\n", (sb)->s_id, ##__VA_ARGS__)
> > > +
> > > #define exfat_err(sb, fmt, ...) \
> > > - exfat_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
> > > + exfat_msg(sb, err, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
> > > #define exfat_warn(sb, fmt, ...) \
> > > - exfat_msg(sb, KERN_WARNING, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
> > > + exfat_msg(sb, warn, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
> > > #define exfat_info(sb, fmt, ...) \
> > > - exfat_msg(sb, KERN_INFO, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
> > > + exfat_msg(sb, info, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
> > > +#define exfat_debug(sb, fmt, ...) \
> > > + exfat_msg(sb, debug, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
> >
> > I think this would be clearer using pr_<level> directly instead
> > of an indirecting macro that uses concatenation of <level> that
> > obscures the actual use of pr_<level>
> >
> > Either: (and this first option would be my preference)
> >
> > #define exfat_err(sb, fmt, ...) \
> > pr_err("exFAT-fs (%s): " fmt "\n", (sb)->s_id, ##__VA_ARGS__)
> > #define exfat_warn(sb, fmt, ...) \
> > pr_warn("exFAT-fs (%s): " fmt "\n", (sb)->s_id, ##__VA_ARGS__)
> > etc...
>
> IMO, it's a matter of taste, and I don't mind either way.
> Just let me know.
>
> > or using an indirecting macro:
> >
> > #define exfat_printk(pr_level, sb, fmt, ...) \
> > pr_level("exFAT-fs (%s): " fmt "\n", (sb)->s_id, ##__VA_ARGS__)
>
> Is pr_level() defined anywhere...?

no

$ git grep -w pr_level
$