Re: [RFC][PATCHv4 2/6] printk: rename nmi.c and exported api

From: Sergey Senozhatsky
Date: Wed Nov 30 2016 - 20:07:04 EST


On (11/24/16 17:35), Petr Mladek wrote:
[..]
> > #ifdef CONFIG_PRINTK_NMI
> > -extern void printk_nmi_init(void);
> > -extern void printk_nmi_enter(void);
> > -extern void printk_nmi_exit(void);
> > -extern void printk_nmi_flush(void);
> > -extern void printk_nmi_flush_on_panic(void);
> > +extern void printk_safe_init(void);
> > +extern void printk_safe_nmi_enter(void);
> > +extern void printk_safe_nmi_exit(void);
>
> I would personally keep the short names pritnk_nmi_enter() and
> printk_nmi_exit(). These are the only functions that will stay
> in this CONFIG_PRINT_NMI section. The others are generic and
> will be moved to the generic section in the next patch.

I'd probably prefer all printk_safe functions to be printk_safe
prefixed, just to show the fact that those are printk_safe
functions (IOW, indirect output to a per-CPU buffer and flush
it to logbuf later).

> Well, it is just a cosmetic problem and a personal opinion.
> The patch makes sense and looks fine:
>
> Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@pmladek@suse.com>

thanks.

-ss