linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] crypto: add missing KERN

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Message-ID: <20090206150315.GA28249@x200.localdomain>
Date:	Fri, 6 Feb 2009 18:03:15 +0300
From:	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
To:	Frank Seidel <frank@...eidel.de>
Cc:	Frank Seidel <fseidel@...e.de>,
	linux kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, herbert@...dor.apana.org.au,
	jarod@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] crypto: add missing KERN_* constants to printks

On Fri, Feb 06, 2009 at 03:54:38PM +0100, Frank Seidel wrote:
> Alexey Dobriyan schrieb:
> > On Fri, Feb 06, 2009 at 03:19:10PM +0100, Frank Seidel wrote:
> >> According to kerneljanitors todo list all printk calls (beginning
> >> a new line) should have an according KERN_* constant.
> > 
> > Forget about kernel janitors todo list, fix a bug instead.
> 
> Sure, i am eager to get my hands dirty in the kernel ;-),
> but i needed to start somewhere and everybody told me
> that the janitors todo list would be good place to start.
> 
> >> Those are the missing pieces here for the crypto subsystem.
> > 
> > You're inserting KERN_WARNING everywhere, what for?
> 
> Because every new line should have KERN_* constant and
> KERN_WARNING is default/doesn't change current printout
> behaviour.

Some messages there were truly debugging and some clearly weren't
WARNING, but INFO.
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