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Date:	Wed, 12 Mar 2014 20:21:07 +0000
From:	"Keller, Jacob E" <jacob.e.keller@...el.com>
To:	Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>
CC:	"Kirsher, Jeffrey T" <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>,
	"davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"gospo@...hat.com" <gospo@...hat.com>,
	"sassmann@...hat.com" <sassmann@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [net-next 12/13] ixgbe: fix some multiline hw_dbg prints

On Wed, 2014-03-12 at 23:24 +0300, Sergei Shtylyov wrote:
> On 03/12/2014 11:11 PM, Sergei Shtylyov wrote:
> 
> >>>> From: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@...el.com>
> 
> >>>> This patch fixes some formatting on multilined print messages, so that
> >>>> the text of the print appears on a single line, which aids in grepping
> >>>> the sourcecode for where the error came from.
> 
> >>>> Signed-off-by: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@...el.com>
> >>>> Tested-by: Phil Schmitt <phillip.j.schmitt@...el.com>
> >>>> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
> >>>> ---
> >>>>    drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_82599.c | 8 +++-----
> >>>>    1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> >>>> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_82599.c
> >>>> b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_82599.c
> >>>> index 446df3c..3bc9b67 100644
> >>>> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_82599.c
> >>>> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_82599.c
> >>>> @@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ out:
> >>>>     *
> >>>>     * Disables link, should be called during D3 power down sequence.
> >>>>     *
> >>>> - */
> >>>> + **/
> 
> >>>      Hm? What's this for?
> 
> >> The extra **/ is part of the standard doc format for function headers,
> 
> >     It is not. Reread Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt please.
> 
>     Sorry, I messed it myself -- it seems to be an optional part of the format 
> which I've never seen actually used. Anyway, you shouldn't do "drove-by" 
> changes like that, moreover undocumented in the change log.
> 
> WBR, Sergei
> 

It's used all over in our driver source, and I was trying to sync style.
But I can re-spin this patch with that hunk dropped.

Thanks,
Jake