The macro filters out printk messages based on a configurable verbosity
level (CONFIG_PRINTK_VERBOSITY).
Signed-off-by: Marc Andre Tanner <m...@brain-dump.org>
---
include/linux/kernel.h | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
1 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
index c2b3047..1ecc338 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernel.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -242,6 +242,29 @@ asmlinkage int printk(const char * fmt, ...)
asmlinkage int printk_unfiltered(const char *fmt, ...)
__attribute__ ((format (printf, 1, 2))) __cold;
+#if defined(CONFIG_PRINTK_VERBOSITY) && CONFIG_PRINTK_VERBOSITY > 0
+/*
+ * The idea here is to wrap the actual printk function with a macro which
+ * will filter out all messages above a certain verbosity level. Because
+ * the if condition evaluates to a constant expression the compiler will be
+ * able to eliminate it and the resulting kernel image will be smaller.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/stringify.h>
+
+#define PRINTK_FILTER(fmt) (
\
+ (((const char *)(fmt))[0] != '<' && CONFIG_PRINTK_VERBOSITY >= 4) ||
\
+ (((const char *)(fmt))[0] == '<' &&
\
+ ((const char *)(fmt))[1] <= *__stringify(CONFIG_PRINTK_VERBOSITY))
\
+)
+
+#define printk(fmt, ...) (
\
+ (!__builtin_constant_p(PRINTK_FILTER((fmt))) || PRINTK_FILTER((fmt))) ?
\
+ printk((fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__) : 0
\
+)
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_PRINTK_VERBOSITY */
+
extern struct ratelimit_state printk_ratelimit_state;
extern int printk_ratelimit(void);
extern bool printk_timed_ratelimit(unsigned long *caller_jiffies,
--
1.6.3.3
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