linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/5] ACPI dock: remove unnecessary newline from exception message

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Date:	Thu, 29 Nov 2012 11:25:19 -0700
From:	Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@...com>
To:	Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Cc:	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>, "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] ACPI dock: remove unnecessary newline from
 exception message

On Thu, 2012-11-29 at 11:53 +0000, Colin King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> ACPI_EXCEPTION() already appends a newline, so there is no
> need for the failed _DCK messaged to include one too.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> ---
>  drivers/acpi/dock.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/dock.c b/drivers/acpi/dock.c
> index 88eb143..a873c6b 100644
> --- a/drivers/acpi/dock.c
> +++ b/drivers/acpi/dock.c
> @@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ static void handle_dock(struct dock_station *ds, int dock)
>  	status = acpi_evaluate_object(ds->handle, "_DCK", &arg_list, &buffer);
>  	if (ACPI_FAILURE(status) && status != AE_NOT_FOUND)
>  		ACPI_EXCEPTION((AE_INFO, status, "%s - failed to execute"
> -			" _DCK\n", (char *)name_buffer.pointer));
> +			" _DCK", (char *)name_buffer.pointer));

Hi Colin,

In Rafael's linux-pm tree, this message has been changed to the
following.  So, this patch is not necessary.

 if (ACPI_FAILURE(status) && status != AE_NOT_FOUND)
         acpi_handle_err(ds->handle, "Failed to execute _DCK (0x%x)\n",
                         status);

Thanks,
-Toshi


>  
>  	kfree(buffer.pointer);
>  	kfree(name_buffer.pointer);


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