本文基于 android 3.4.5 kernel。
在 drivers/base/core.c
#define define_dev_printk_level(func, kern_level) \
int func(const struct device *dev, const char *fmt, ...) \
{ \
struct va_format vaf; \
va_list args; \
int r; \
\
va_start(args, fmt); \
\
vaf.fmt = fmt; \
vaf.va = &args; \
\
r = __dev_printk(kern_level, dev, &vaf); \
va_end(args); \
\
return r; \
} \
EXPORT_SYMBOL(func);
define_dev_printk_level(dev_emerg, KERN_EMERG);
define_dev_printk_level(dev_alert, KERN_ALERT);
define_dev_printk_level(dev_crit, KERN_CRIT);
define_dev_printk_level(dev_err, KERN_ERR);
define_dev_printk_level(dev_warn, KERN_WARNING);
define_dev_printk_level(dev_notice, KERN_NOTICE);
define_dev_printk_level(_dev_info, KERN_INFO);
这里利用宏 define_dev_printk_level 定义了 dev_emerg/dev_alert/dev_crit/dev_err/dev_warn/dev_notice/_dev_info 等几个函数。其实这几个函数归根结底都是函数调用__dev_printk。
另外在 include/linux/device.h 中
extern __printf(2, 3)
int dev_emerg(const struct device *dev, const char *fmt, ...);
extern __printf(2, 3)
int dev_alert(const struct device *dev, const char *fmt, ...);
extern __printf(2, 3)
int dev_crit(const struct device *dev, const char *fmt, ...);
extern __printf(2, 3)
int dev_err(const struct device *dev, const char *fmt, ...);
extern __printf(2, 3)
int dev_warn(const struct device *dev, const char *fmt, ...);
extern __printf(2, 3)
int dev_notice(const struct device *dev, const char *fmt, ...);
extern __printf(2, 3)
int _dev_info(const struct device *dev, const char *fmt, ...);
__printf(2, 3) 的定义见: include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
#define __printf(a, b) __attribute__((format(printf, a, b)))
这是用printf的格式来检查 dev_err等函数的参数,具体参考