Re: [PATCH] printk prefix cleanups.

Pete Zaitcev (zaitcev@redhat.com)
Tue, 12 Feb 2002 02:18:47 -0500

> Here is a simple patch which reduces resultant binary size by 1.2k for
> this particular module (opl3sa2). [...]

> #define OPL3SA2_MODULE_NAME "opl3sa2"
> +#define OPL3SA2_PFX OPL3SA2_MODULE_NAME ": "

> - printk(KERN_ERR "opl3sa2: MSS mixer not installed?\n");
> + printk(KERN_ERR OPL3SA2_PFX "MSS mixer not installed?\n");

I do not believe that it shortens binaries. Care to quote
size(1) output and /proc/modules with and without the patch?

-- Pete
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