linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: unisys: Convert direct LOGERR uses to pr

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Date:	Sat, 10 Jan 2015 20:55:21 -0800
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:	Benjamin Romer <benjamin.romer@...sys.com>,
	David Kershner <david.kershner@...sys.com>,
	devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, sparmaintainer@...sys.com,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: unisys: Convert direct LOGERR uses to pr_err

On Sat, 2015-01-10 at 20:13 -0800, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 07:09:02PM -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
> > Use the normal logging facility instead of a new macro.
> > 
> > Miscellanea:
> > 
> > o Realign arguments
> > o Remove unnecessary alloc error messages as alloc failures
> >   already emits a generic OOM message with a dump_stack
> > o Add missing newlines to these messages to avoid interleaving
> > o Spelling/typo fixes in those messages
[]
> I rejected the other patch that did much this same thing, almost all of
> these should be converted to use dev_* calls instead of pr_* calls, as
> this is a driver, and drivers should always have access to a struct
> device.  If not, they need to be fixed.

Baby steps.

This one prevents interleaving
and fixes typos.


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