linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/5] drivers: char: Replace printk with pr

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Date:   Fri, 7 Apr 2017 17:46:02 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Varsha Rao <rvarsha016@...il.com>
Cc:     Matthew Wilcox <mawilcox@...rosoft.com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5] drivers: char: Replace printk with pr_err.

On Fri, Apr 07, 2017 at 05:04:06PM +0530, Varsha Rao wrote:
> Replace printk with pr_err to fix the checkpatch issue.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Varsha Rao <rvarsha016@...il.com>
> ---
>  drivers/char/misc.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/char/misc.c b/drivers/char/misc.c
> index 1312e29..c9cd1ea 100644
> --- a/drivers/char/misc.c
> +++ b/drivers/char/misc.c
> @@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ static int __init misc_init(void)
>  	return 0;
>  
>  fail_printk:
> -	printk("unable to get major %d for misc devices\n", MISC_MAJOR);
> +	pr_err("unable to get major %d for misc devices\n", MISC_MAJOR);

Is pr_fmt properly set to use this?

thanks,

greg k-h