Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 20 Sep 2005 10:38:05 +0400 | Subject | Re: CONFIG_PRINTK doesn't makes size smaller | From | Andrey Panin <> |
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On 263, 09 20, 2005 at 02:14:55PM +0800, colin wrote: > > Hi there, > I tried to make kernel with CONFIG_PRINTK off. I considered it should become > smaller, but it didn't because it actually isn't an empty function, and > there are many copies of it in vmlinux, not just one. Here is its > definition: > static inline int printk(const char *s, ...) { return 0; } > > I change the definition to this and it can greatly reduce the size by about > 5%: > #define printk(...) do {} while (0) > However, this definition would lead to error in some situations. For > example: > 1. (printk) > 2. ret = printk > > I hope someone could suggest a better definition of printk that can both > make printk smaller and eliminate errors.
What about the macro below ?
#define printk(...) ({ do { } while(0); 0; })
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