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Date:   Tue, 13 Mar 2018 18:28:13 +0200
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:     Arushi Singhal <arushisinghal19971997@...il.com>
Cc:     David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
        Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>,
        Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...e-electrons.com>,
        Marek Vasut <marek.vasut@...il.com>,
        Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>,
        Cyrille Pitchen <cyrille.pitchen@...ev4u.fr>,
        "open list:MEMORY TECHNOLOGY..." <linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mtd: chips: Replace printk() with pr_*() and define pr_fmt()

On Mon, Mar 12, 2018 at 7:02 PM, Arushi Singhal
<arushisinghal19971997@...il.com> wrote:
> Using pr_<loglevel>() is more concise than printk(KERN_<LOGLEVEL>).
> This patch:


> @@ -182,7 +184,7 @@ static void fixup_convert_atmel_pri(struct mtd_info *mtd)

> -       printk(KERN_ERR "atmel Features: %02x\n", atmel_pri.Features);
> +       pr_err("atmel Features: %02x\n", atmel_pri.Features);

Does struct mtd_info include a pointer to struct device? In such case,
why not to use dev_*() macros instead?
(It's a question to the all current pr_*()/printk() calls.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko