>> Should the desired output be the same when the relevant data are passed by a single function call >> (instead of three as before)? > > Adding a singleton for a pr_fmt #define constant string and > updating the printk subsystem to prepend that constant string > to each use of a pr_<level> at runtime would be an improvement > as it could reduce constant data used by the format strings. Thanks for for this constructive feedback. > That would be a _real_ improvement. This sounds interesting for me too. > Please try to implement something like that before submitting > more of these incorrect patches. Nice wish! Did any other software developer try to implement such enhanced logging functionality already? Regards, Markus -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html