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Diffstat (limited to 'scripts/mod/modpost.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | scripts/mod/modpost.h | 13 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.h b/scripts/mod/modpost.h index f453504ad4df..e6f46eee0af0 100644 --- a/scripts/mod/modpost.h +++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.h @@ -201,6 +201,19 @@ enum loglevel { void modpost_log(enum loglevel loglevel, const char *fmt, ...); +/* + * warn - show the given message, then let modpost continue running, still + * allowing modpost to exit successfully. This should be used when + * we still allow to generate vmlinux and modules. + * + * error - show the given message, then let modpost continue running, but fail + * in the end. This should be used when we should stop building vmlinux + * or modules, but we can continue running modpost to catch as many + * issues as possible. + * + * fatal - show the given message, and bail out immediately. This should be + * used when there is no point to continue running modpost. + */ #define warn(fmt, args...) modpost_log(LOG_WARN, fmt, ##args) #define error(fmt, args...) modpost_log(LOG_ERROR, fmt, ##args) #define fatal(fmt, args...) modpost_log(LOG_FATAL, fmt, ##args) |