linux-kernel - [tip:perf/urgent] perf: Fix bogus kernel printk

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Date:	Tue, 28 Oct 2014 04:08:13 -0700
From:	"tip-bot for Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <tipbot@...or.com>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	mingo@...nel.org, hpa@...or.com, peterz@...radead.org,
	tglx@...utronix.de, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, luto@...capital.net, acme@...nel.org
Subject: [tip:perf/urgent] perf: Fix bogus kernel printk

Commit-ID:  65d71fe1375b973083733294795bf2b09d45b3c2
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/65d71fe1375b973083733294795bf2b09d45b3c2
Author:     Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
AuthorDate: Tue, 7 Oct 2014 19:07:33 +0200
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CommitDate: Tue, 28 Oct 2014 10:51:01 +0100

perf: Fix bogus kernel printk

Andy spotted the fail in what was intended as a conditional printk level.

Reported-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
Fixes: cc6cd47e7395 ("perf/x86: Tone down kernel messages when the PMU check fails in a virtual environment")
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20141007124757.GH19379@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
index 1b8299d..66451a6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
@@ -243,8 +243,9 @@ static bool check_hw_exists(void)
 
 msr_fail:
 	printk(KERN_CONT "Broken PMU hardware detected, using software events only.\n");
-	printk(boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_HYPERVISOR) ? KERN_INFO : KERN_ERR
-	       "Failed to access perfctr msr (MSR %x is %Lx)\n", reg, val_new);
+	printk("%sFailed to access perfctr msr (MSR %x is %Lx)\n",
+		boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_HYPERVISOR) ? KERN_INFO : KERN_ERR,
+		reg, val_new);
 
 	return false;
 }
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