linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/9] staging: fsl-dpaa2/eth: Move print message

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Date:   Fri, 23 Mar 2018 16:06:47 +0100
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Ruxandra Ioana Ciocoi Radulescu <ruxandra.radulescu@....com>
Cc:     "devel@...verdev.osuosl.org" <devel@...verdev.osuosl.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/9] staging: fsl-dpaa2/eth: Move print message

On Fri, Mar 23, 2018 at 03:03:29PM +0000, Ruxandra Ioana Ciocoi Radulescu wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Greg KH [mailto:gregkh@...uxfoundation.org]
> > Sent: Friday, March 23, 2018 5:01 PM
> > To: Ruxandra Ioana Ciocoi Radulescu <ruxandra.radulescu@....com>
> > Cc: devel@...verdev.osuosl.org; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> > Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/9] staging: fsl-dpaa2/eth: Move print message
> > 
> > On Fri, Mar 23, 2018 at 08:44:06AM -0500, Ioana Radulescu wrote:
> > > Let the driver remove() function print an informative message
> > > after it finishes removing the network interface, not at an
> > > arbitrary point during cleanup.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Ioana Radulescu <ruxandra.radulescu@....com>
> > > ---
> > >  drivers/staging/fsl-dpaa2/ethernet/dpaa2-eth.c | 3 ++-
> > >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/staging/fsl-dpaa2/ethernet/dpaa2-eth.c
> > b/drivers/staging/fsl-dpaa2/ethernet/dpaa2-eth.c
> > > index beb5959..9fb88f2 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/staging/fsl-dpaa2/ethernet/dpaa2-eth.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/staging/fsl-dpaa2/ethernet/dpaa2-eth.c
> > > @@ -2550,7 +2550,6 @@ static int dpaa2_eth_remove(struct
> > fsl_mc_device *ls_dev)
> > >  	priv = netdev_priv(net_dev);
> > >
> > >  	unregister_netdev(net_dev);
> > > -	dev_info(net_dev->dev.parent, "Removed interface %s\n",
> > net_dev->name);
> > >
> > >  	if (priv->do_link_poll)
> > >  		kthread_stop(priv->poll_thread);
> > > @@ -2571,6 +2570,8 @@ static int dpaa2_eth_remove(struct
> > fsl_mc_device *ls_dev)
> > >  	dev_set_drvdata(dev, NULL);
> > >  	free_netdev(net_dev);
> > >
> > > +	dev_info(net_dev->dev.parent, "Removed interface %s\n",
> > net_dev->name);
> > 
> > Why is this even needed?  I'll take it but spamming kernel logs for no
> > reason is not a good idea :)
> 
> Fair point, should I make it dev_dbg instead?

Yeah, that's a lot nicer, thanks.

greg k-h