Re: [PATCH 7/7] printk: provide a filtering macro for printk

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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

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