Re: another cleanup patch gone wrong

[David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>]

From: Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au>
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2010 12:34:24 +1000 (EST)

> 
> ...but this one was already merged, unfortunately.
> 
>> Use printk_once
>> Add #define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
>> Convert printks without KERN_<level> to pr_info and pr_cont
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
>> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
>> 
>> 
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/mac8390.c b/drivers/net/mac8390.c
>> index 517cee4..8bd09e2 100644 (file)
>> --- a/drivers/net/mac8390.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/mac8390.c
>> @@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
>>  /* 2002-12-30: Try to support more cards, some clues from NetBSD driver */
>>  /* 2003-12-26: Make sure Asante cards always work. */
>>  
>> +#define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
>> +
> 
> Why the macro? You only used it once.

It gets expanded internally into all of the pr_*() calls.

> The pr_xxx naming convention belongs to a kernel-wide include file. Is it 
> really a good idea to start repurposing it in .c files?

This is exactly how it can be used, and there is much
precedent for this now.

>> -                       printk("Don't know how to access card memory!\n");
>> +                       pr_info("Don't know how to access card memory!\n");
> 
> No, this is pr_err. The driver sets dev->mem_start expecting it to work, 
> obviously.

It was an unspecified printk() so Joe's conversion is equal
and that's a good way for him to have made these changes.

If we want to mark this as KERN_ERR or whatever, that's entirely
a seperate change.

I think your objections to Joe's changes are completely uncalled
for and his changes were good ones.