Re: [RFC][WAS:bcmai][PATCH V2] axi: add AXI bus driver

From: Joe Perches
Date: Fri Apr 08 2011 - 15:56:03 EST


On Fri, 2011-04-08 at 21:46 +0200, RafaÅ MiÅecki wrote:
> 2011/4/8 Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
> > On Fri, 2011-04-08 at 21:45 +0200, RafaÅ MiÅecki wrote:
> >> diff --git a/include/linux/axi/axi.h b/include/linux/axi/axi.h
> > []
> >> +#define axi_info pr_info
> >> +#ifdef CONFIG_AXI_DEBUG
> >> +#define axi_debug pr_debug
> >> +#else
> >> +#define axi_debug do { } while (0)
> >> +#endif
> >> +#define axi_err pr_err
> >
> > I think redefining standard functionality like
> > this doesn't gain anything and loses some basic
> > grep capability.
>
> But on the other hand using:
> pr_info, pr_err, BUT axi_debug
> can easily lead to mistakes.
>
> Or is this possible to re-define pr_debug locally?

It is, but is that CONFIG_AXI_DEBUG actually
worthwhile?

If you think so, doesn't adding this to the Makefile
give you the same capability?

ccflags-$(CONFIG_CONFIG_AXI_DEBUG) := -DDEBUG


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