Re: [PATCH] debug: Introduce a dev_WARN() function

From: Arjan van de Ven
Date: Sat Sep 20 2008 - 02:13:18 EST


On Fri, 19 Sep 2008 21:26:30 -0700
Greg KH <greg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > in the line of dev_printk(), this patch introduces a dev_WARN()
> > macro, that takes a struct device and then a printk format/args set
> > of arguments. Unlike dev_printk(), the effect is that of WARN() in
> > that a full warning message (including filename/line, module list,
> > versions and a backtrace) is printed in addition to the device name
> > and the arguments.
>
> I like the idea, but we already have dev_warn(), so dev_WARN() might
> be a bit confusing for people.
>
> Perhaps just documenting it with a docbook tag would suffice?

I didn't think we could do kerneldoc for macros? But maybe I just
misremember


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