linux-kernel - Re: [Outreachy kernel] Re: [PATCH v3] staging: rtl8192u: Replace printk() with more standardize output format.

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Date:   Wed, 7 Mar 2018 11:52:16 +0100 (CET)
From:   Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
To:     Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
cc:     Arushi Singhal <arushisinghal19971997@...il.com>,
        gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
        outreachy-kernel@...glegroups.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Outreachy kernel] Re: [PATCH v3] staging: rtl8192u: Replace
 printk() with more standardize output format.



On Wed, 7 Mar 2018, Dan Carpenter wrote:

> On Wed, Mar 07, 2018 at 04:09:09PM +0530, Arushi Singhal wrote:
> > @@ -276,22 +276,22 @@ static int ieee80211_ccmp_decrypt(struct sk_buff *skb, int hdr_len, void *priv)
> >  	keyidx = pos[3];
> >  	if (!(keyidx & (1 << 5))) {
> >  		if (net_ratelimit()) {
> > -			printk(KERN_DEBUG "CCMP: received packet without ExtIV flag from %pM\n",
> > -				hdr->addr2);
> > +			netdev_dbg(skb->dev, "CCMP: received packet without ExtIV flag from %pM\n",
> > +				   hdr->addr2);
> >  		}
>
> I'm sorry.  I really hate to do this to you...  But the right thing here
> is to use net_dbg_ratelimited() but get rid of the if (net_ratelimit())
> check.  So it looks like this:
>
> 	if (!(keyidx & (1 << 5))) {
> 		net_dbg_ratelimited(skb->dev,
> 				    "CCMP: received packet without ExtIV flag from %pM\n",
> 				    hdr->addr2);
> 	}
>
> Sorry again, when I looked at it before I just replied what my fast
> thinking lizard brain said instead of taking time to look at what I was
> saying.

I don't think that net_dbg_ratelimited wants a skb->dev argument.  The
various definitions in include/linux/net.h just have fmt as the first
argument.

julia

>
>
> regards,
> dan carpenter
>
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