linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scsi: libsas: Remove pcidev reference

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Date:   Mon, 12 Nov 2018 17:49:09 +0000
From:   John Garry <john.garry@...wei.com>
To:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>, <jejb@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
CC:     <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linuxarm@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi: libsas: Remove pcidev reference

On 12/11/2018 17:32, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Tue, 2018-11-13 at 01:28 +0800, John Garry wrote:
>> Not all host drivers are PCI drivers - like hisi_sas, which supports a
>> platform driver - so remove reference to "pcidev".
>>
>> The debug level is also downgraded to KERN_ERR for the same message.
> []
>> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_discover.c b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_discover.c
> []
>> @@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ int sas_notify_lldd_dev_found(struct domain_device *dev)
>>
>>  	res = i->dft->lldd_dev_found(dev);
>>  	if (res) {
>> -		printk("sas: driver on pcidev %s cannot handle "
>> +		pr_err("sas: driver on host %s cannot handle "
>>  		       "device %llx, error:%d\n",
>
> As a printk without a KERN_<LEVEL> is printed at whatever
> CONFIG_MESSAGE_LOGLEVEL_DEFAULT is set to (default: 4 and
> rarely unchanged), this is effectively upgraded from a
> KERN_WARNING to KERN_ERR.

ah, I thought that it was printed always.

So maybe I'll just leave as-is.

Thanks,
John

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