From f036be96dd9ce442ffb9ab33e3c165f5178815c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ingo Molnar Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 13:45:43 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] printk: introduce printk_once() This pattern shows up frequently in the kernel: static int once = 1; ... if (once) { once = 0; printk(KERN_ERR "message\n"); } ... So add a printk_once() helper macro that reduces this to a single line of: printk_once(KERN_ERR "message\n"); It works analogously to WARN_ONCE() & friends. (We use a macro not an inline because vararg expansion in inlines looks awkward and the macro is simple enough.) Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- include/linux/kernel.h | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h index 343df9ef2412..3c183d9864ae 100644 --- a/include/linux/kernel.h +++ b/include/linux/kernel.h @@ -242,6 +242,19 @@ extern struct ratelimit_state printk_ratelimit_state; extern int printk_ratelimit(void); extern bool printk_timed_ratelimit(unsigned long *caller_jiffies, unsigned int interval_msec); + +/* + * Print a one-time message (analogous to WARN_ONCE() et al): + */ +#define printk_once(x...) ({ \ + static int __print_once = 1; \ + \ + if (__print_once) { \ + __print_once = 0; \ + printk(x); \ + } \ +}) + #else static inline int vprintk(const char *s, va_list args) __attribute__ ((format (printf, 1, 0))); @@ -253,6 +266,10 @@ static inline int printk_ratelimit(void) { return 0; } static inline bool printk_timed_ratelimit(unsigned long *caller_jiffies, \ unsigned int interval_msec) \ { return false; } + +/* No effect, but we still get type checking even in the !PRINTK case: */ +#define printk_once(x...) printk(x) + #endif extern int printk_needs_cpu(int cpu); -- 2.20.1