Re: [PATCH 2/6] device: Add #define dev_fmt similar to #define pr_fmt

[Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>]

On Fri, 2018-07-06 at 17:30 +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Wed, May 09, 2018 at 08:15:46AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> > Add a prefixing macro to dev_<level> uses similar to the pr_fmt
> > prefixing macro used in pr_<level> calls.
> > 
> > This can help avoid some string duplication in dev_<level> uses.
> > 
> > The default, like pr_fmt, is an empty #define dev_fmt(fmt) fmt
> > 
> > Rename the existing dev_<level> functions to _dev_<level> and
> > introduce #define dev_<level> _dev_<level> macros that use the
> > new #define dev_fmt
> > 
> > Miscellanea:
> > 
> > o Consistently use #defines with fmt, ... and ##__VA_ARGS__
> > o Remove unnecessary externs
> 
> SHouldn't these be separate patches please?

Multiple patches touching the same lines are unnecessary work.

So I don't think so as it's just touching bits that need change
anyway.  

> > Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/base/core.c    |  12 +++---
> >  include/linux/device.h | 103 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
> >  2 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 51 deletions(-)
> 
> Ok this seems like a lot of churn for no real apparent gain.  What is
> all of this getting us?
>
> What is the benifit, you have more code now,
> why is that good?

IPMI and a few other subsystems prefix all their output
dev_<level> with specific duplicated content.

This centralizes those prefixes just like pr_fmt.

The IPMI changes are already in mainline and now
need this mechanism to maintain their output content.

IPMI and a few other subsystems prefix all their output
dev_<level> with specific duplicated content.

This centralizes those prefixes just like pr_fmt.

commit a2d70dfdda6f ("ipmi: msghandler: Add and use pr_fmt and dev_fmt,
remove PFX")