Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sam/kbuild...

[linux-2.6-omap-h63xx.git] / include / linux / kernel.h

diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
index 94d17ff64c5a3b48c0f6716d29b9832d6a896551..fba141d3ca0783303c661f39fb2c503ba418dc56 100644 (file)
--- a/include/linux/kernel.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -116,6 +116,8 @@ extern int _cond_resched(void);
 # define might_resched() do { } while (0)
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK_SLEEP
+  void __might_sleep(char *file, int line);
 /**
  * might_sleep - annotation for functions that can sleep
  *
@@ -126,8 +128,6 @@ extern int _cond_resched(void);
  * be bitten later when the calling function happens to sleep when it is not
  * supposed to.
  */
-#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK_SLEEP
-  void __might_sleep(char *file, int line);
 # define might_sleep() \
        do { __might_sleep(__FILE__, __LINE__); might_resched(); } while (0)
 #else
@@ -191,6 +191,30 @@ extern int kernel_text_address(unsigned long addr);
 struct pid;
 extern struct pid *session_of_pgrp(struct pid *pgrp);
 
+/*
+ * FW_BUG
+ * Add this to a message where you are sure the firmware is buggy or behaves
+ * really stupid or out of spec. Be aware that the responsible BIOS developer
+ * should be able to fix this issue or at least get a concrete idea of the
+ * problem by reading your message without the need of looking at the kernel
+ * code.
+ * 
+ * Use it for definite and high priority BIOS bugs.
+ *
+ * FW_WARN
+ * Use it for not that clear (e.g. could the kernel messed up things already?)
+ * and medium priority BIOS bugs.
+ *
+ * FW_INFO
+ * Use this one if you want to tell the user or vendor about something
+ * suspicious, but generally harmless related to the firmware.
+ *
+ * Use it for information or very low priority BIOS bugs.
+ */
+#define FW_BUG         "[Firmware Bug]: "
+#define FW_WARN                "[Firmware Warn]: "
+#define FW_INFO                "[Firmware Info]: "
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_PRINTK
 asmlinkage int vprintk(const char *fmt, va_list args)
        __attribute__ ((format (printf, 1, 0)));