linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH] TSDEV - Don't flood dmesg with removal warnings

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Date:	Fri, 27 Jul 2007 10:43:22 -0400 (EDT)
From:	Parag Warudkar <parag.warudkar@...il.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
cc:	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: RE: [PATCH] TSDEV - Don't flood dmesg with removal warnings

Ignore my previous whitespace damaged patch. This one should be good.

tsdev.c warns about scheduled removal each time tsdev_open is called -
So even for a default boot I get to see the warning 3 times -

[  340.537078] tsdev (compaq touchscreen emulation) is scheduled for
removal.
[  340.537081] See Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt for details.
[  340.550314] tsdev (compaq touchscreen emulation) is scheduled for
removal.
[  340.550318] See Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt for details.
[  340.565065] tsdev (compaq touchscreen emulation) is scheduled for
removal.
[  340.565068] See Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt for details.

Move the warning to tsdev_init() from tsdev_open so we don't end up
printing a large string in dmesg everytime tsdev_open is called.

Signed-Off-by: Parag Warudkar <parag.warudkar@...il.com>

--- linux-git/drivers/input/tsdev.c.orig	2007-07-27 10:32:51.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-git/drivers/input/tsdev.c	2007-07-27 10:34:46.000000000 -0400
@@ -154,10 +154,6 @@
  	struct tsdev *tsdev;
  	int error;

-	printk(KERN_WARNING "tsdev (compaq touchscreen emulation) is scheduled "
-		"for removal.\nSee Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt "
-		"for details.\n");
-
  	if (i >= TSDEV_MINORS)
  		return -ENODEV;

@@ -521,6 +517,9 @@

  static int __init tsdev_init(void)
  {
+	printk(KERN_WARNING "tsdev (compaq touchscreen emulation) is scheduled "
+		"for removal.\nSee Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt "
+		"for details.\n");
  	return input_register_handler(&tsdev_handler);
  }

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