On Wed, Sep 02, 2009 at 12:35:42AM +0100, Jamie Lokier wrote: > Marc Andre Tanner wrote: > > + * The check with sizeof(void*) should make sure that we don't operate on > > + * pointers, which the compiler wouldn't be able to optimize out, but only > > + * on string constants. > > Take a look at __builtin_constant_p in the GCC manual. > > You'll probably find that wrapping the whole of the rest of the > expression (without the sizeof) in __builtin_constant_p is a good > way to know when to depend on the result of the expression. Thanks, so if I understood it correctly this should be used like this: #define PRINTK_FILTER(fmt) ( \ (((const char *)(fmt))[0] != '<' && CONFIG_PRINTK_VERBOSITY >= 4) || \ (((const char *)(fmt))[0] == '<' && \ ((const char *)(fmt))[1] <= *__stringify(CONFIG_PRINTK_VERBOSITY)) \ ) #define printk(fmt, ...) ({ \ if (__builtin_constant_p(PRINTK_FILTER(fmt)) && PRINTK_FILTER(fmt)) \ printk((fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__); \ }) The sizeof check wouldn't be necessary. Is this correct? Marc -- Marc Andre Tanner >< http://www.brain-dump.org/ >< GPG key: CF7D56C0 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-embedded" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html