linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Staging: Comedi: Drivers: Fix coding style issues in dt2801.c

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Message-ID: <o2x7470ede81004212123qe02e9870i534829a224c05585@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 21 Apr 2010 23:23:01 -0500
From:	Gustavo Silva <silvagustavosilva@...il.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Staging: Comedi: Drivers: Fix coding style issues in 
	dt2801.c

2010/4/21 Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
>
> On Wed, 2010-04-21 at 22:46 -0500, Gustavo Silva wrote:
> >  drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/dt2801.c |  100 ++++++++++++++-----------------
> >  1 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)
>
> Hi Gustavo.  A couple of trivial comments.
>
> > diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/dt2801.c b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/dt2801.c
> > index 3f365ae..c4408d8 100644
> > --- a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/dt2801.c
> > +++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/dt2801.c
> > @@ -102,58 +102,46 @@ COMEDI_INITCLEANUP(driver_dt2801);
> >
> >  #if 0
>
> You could just as well remove the #if 0 blocks
>
> > @@ -374,8 +362,8 @@ static int dt2801_writecmd(struct comedi_device *dev, int command)
> >
> >       stat = inb_p(dev->iobase + DT2801_STATUS);
> >       if (stat & DT_S_COMPOSITE_ERROR) {
> > -             printk
> > -                 ("dt2801: composite-error in dt2801_writecmd(), ignoring\n");
> > +             printk(KERN_INFO "dt2801: composite-error in dt2801_writecmd()"
> > +                                                             ", ignoring\n");
>
> It's good to preface with KERN_, but better might be to use
>        #define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
> and strip the "dt2801: " intro and use
>        pr_<level>("%s(): composite-error, ignoring\n", __func__)
>
> It's a bit shorter, always gets the appropriate prefix, and
> would emit the proper function name if ever refactored.
>
> cheers, Joe
>

Hi Joe!

Thank you very much for your comments.

I will put in practice what you suggest.

No comment is trivial when it comes to help. :-]

Cheers from Mexico!
Gustavo Silva.
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