printk: help pr_debug and pr_devel to optimize out arguments

Currently, pr_debug and pr_devel will not elide function call arguments
appearing in calls to the no_printk for these macros.  This is because
all side effects must be honored before proceeding to the 0-value
assignment in no_printk.

The behavior is contrary to documentation found in the CodingStyle and
the header file where these functions are declared.

This patch corrects that behavior by shunting out the call to no_printk
completely.  The format string is still checked by gcc for correctness,
but no code seems to be emitted in common cases.

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: remove braces, per Joe]
Fixes: 5264f2f75d86 ("include/linux/printk.h: use and neaten no_printk")
Signed-off-by: Aaron Conole <aconole@redhat.com>
Reported-by: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: Jason Baron <jbaron@akamai.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

diff --git a/include/linux/printk.h b/include/linux/printk.h
index 9729565c25ff19accc05ca6419bbc6f50f8cdb53..9ccbdf2c1453f4897ea884d4a89ea5a8bb04ede8 100644 (file)
--- a/include/linux/printk.h
+++ b/include/linux/printk.h
@@ -106,13 +106,13 @@ struct va_format {
 
 /*
  * Dummy printk for disabled debugging statements to use whilst maintaining
- * gcc's format and side-effect checking.
+ * gcc's format checking.
  */
-static inline __printf(1, 2)
-int no_printk(const char *fmt, ...)
-{
-       return 0;
-}
+#define no_printk(fmt, ...)                    \
+do {                                           \
+       if (0)                                  \
+               printk(fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__);     \
+} while (0)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK
 extern asmlinkage __printf(1, 2)