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author | Ricardo Cañuelo <ricardo.canuelo@collabora.com> | 2020-04-03 11:36:17 +0200 |
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committer | Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> | 2020-04-20 17:15:32 -0600 |
commit | 90c165f0de3adad4719e65ab0c31d59edf5bd481 (patch) | |
tree | 038379a34ceeeb4a64c4caf27d6da2a5224a8016 /include/linux/printk.h | |
parent | 4951d27b099bd24f87a093f67d91618742bd3a65 (diff) |
docs: pr_*() kerneldocs and basic printk docs
Add kerneldocs comments to the pr_*() macros in printk.h.
Add a new rst node in the core-api manual describing the basic usage of
printk and the related macro aliases.
Signed-off-by: Ricardo Cañuelo <ricardo.canuelo@collabora.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200403093617.18003-1-ricardo.canuelo@collabora.com
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/printk.h')
-rw-r--r-- | include/linux/printk.h | 112 |
1 files changed, 100 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/printk.h b/include/linux/printk.h index e061635e0409..ccea5d4a509e 100644 --- a/include/linux/printk.h +++ b/include/linux/printk.h @@ -279,39 +279,116 @@ static inline void printk_safe_flush_on_panic(void) extern int kptr_restrict; +/** + * pr_fmt - used by the pr_*() macros to generate the printk format string + * @fmt: format string passed from a pr_*() macro + * + * This macro can be used to generate a unified format string for pr_*() + * macros. A common use is to prefix all pr_*() messages in a file with a common + * string. For example, defining this at the top of a source file: + * + * #define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt + * + * would prefix all pr_info, pr_emerg... messages in the file with the module + * name. + */ #ifndef pr_fmt #define pr_fmt(fmt) fmt #endif -/* - * These can be used to print at the various log levels. - * All of these will print unconditionally, although note that pr_debug() - * and other debug macros are compiled out unless either DEBUG is defined - * or CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG is set. +/** + * pr_emerg - Print an emergency-level message + * @fmt: format string + * @...: arguments for the format string + * + * This macro expands to a printk with KERN_EMERG loglevel. It uses pr_fmt() to + * generate the format string. */ #define pr_emerg(fmt, ...) \ printk(KERN_EMERG pr_fmt(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__) +/** + * pr_alert - Print an alert-level message + * @fmt: format string + * @...: arguments for the format string + * + * This macro expands to a printk with KERN_ALERT loglevel. It uses pr_fmt() to + * generate the format string. + */ #define pr_alert(fmt, ...) \ printk(KERN_ALERT pr_fmt(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__) +/** + * pr_crit - Print a critical-level message + * @fmt: format string + * @...: arguments for the format string + * + * This macro expands to a printk with KERN_CRIT loglevel. It uses pr_fmt() to + * generate the format string. + */ #define pr_crit(fmt, ...) \ printk(KERN_CRIT pr_fmt(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__) +/** + * pr_err - Print an error-level message + * @fmt: format string + * @...: arguments for the format string + * + * This macro expands to a printk with KERN_ERR loglevel. It uses pr_fmt() to + * generate the format string. + */ #define pr_err(fmt, ...) \ printk(KERN_ERR pr_fmt(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__) +/** + * pr_warn - Print a warning-level message + * @fmt: format string + * @...: arguments for the format string + * + * This macro expands to a printk with KERN_WARNING loglevel. It uses pr_fmt() + * to generate the format string. + */ #define pr_warn(fmt, ...) \ printk(KERN_WARNING pr_fmt(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__) +/** + * pr_notice - Print a notice-level message + * @fmt: format string + * @...: arguments for the format string + * + * This macro expands to a printk with KERN_NOTICE loglevel. It uses pr_fmt() to + * generate the format string. + */ #define pr_notice(fmt, ...) \ printk(KERN_NOTICE pr_fmt(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__) +/** + * pr_info - Print an info-level message + * @fmt: format string + * @...: arguments for the format string + * + * This macro expands to a printk with KERN_INFO loglevel. It uses pr_fmt() to + * generate the format string. + */ #define pr_info(fmt, ...) \ printk(KERN_INFO pr_fmt(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__) -/* - * Like KERN_CONT, pr_cont() should only be used when continuing - * a line with no newline ('\n') enclosed. Otherwise it defaults - * back to KERN_DEFAULT. + +/** + * pr_cont - Continues a previous log message in the same line. + * @fmt: format string + * @...: arguments for the format string + * + * This macro expands to a printk with KERN_CONT loglevel. It should only be + * used when continuing a log message with no newline ('\n') enclosed. Otherwise + * it defaults back to KERN_DEFAULT loglevel. */ #define pr_cont(fmt, ...) \ printk(KERN_CONT fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__) -/* pr_devel() should produce zero code unless DEBUG is defined */ +/** + * pr_devel - Print a debug-level message conditionally + * @fmt: format string + * @...: arguments for the format string + * + * This macro expands to a printk with KERN_DEBUG loglevel if DEBUG is + * defined. Otherwise it does nothing. + * + * It uses pr_fmt() to generate the format string. + */ #ifdef DEBUG #define pr_devel(fmt, ...) \ printk(KERN_DEBUG pr_fmt(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__) @@ -325,8 +402,19 @@ extern int kptr_restrict; #if defined(CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG) #include <linux/dynamic_debug.h> -/* dynamic_pr_debug() uses pr_fmt() internally so we don't need it here */ -#define pr_debug(fmt, ...) \ +/** + * pr_debug - Print a debug-level message conditionally + * @fmt: format string + * @...: arguments for the format string + * + * This macro expands to dynamic_pr_debug() if CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG is + * set. Otherwise, if DEBUG is defined, it's equivalent to a printk with + * KERN_DEBUG loglevel. If DEBUG is not defined it does nothing. + * + * It uses pr_fmt() to generate the format string (dynamic_pr_debug() uses + * pr_fmt() internally). + */ +#define pr_debug(fmt, ...) \ dynamic_pr_debug(fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__) #elif defined(DEBUG) #define pr_debug(fmt, ...) \ |