linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drivers/hwmon: Use pr_fmt and pr

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Message-ID: <20101020180328.GB22819@ericsson.com>
Date:	Wed, 20 Oct 2010 11:03:28 -0700
From:	Guenter Roeck <guenter.roeck@...csson.com>
To:	Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org>
CC:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
	Hans de Goede <j.w.r.degoede@....nl>,
	Alistair John Strachan <alistair@...zero.co.uk>,
	Henrik Rydberg <rydberg@...omail.se>,
	"Mark M. Hoffman" <mhoffman@...htlink.com>,
	Luca Tettamanti <kronos.it@...il.com>,
	Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>,
	Juerg Haefliger <juergh@...il.com>,
	Eric Piel <eric.piel@...mplin-utc.net>,
	Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@...il.com>,
	Roger Lucas <vt8231@...denengine.co.uk>,
	"lm-sensors@...sensors.org" <lm-sensors@...sensors.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers/hwmon: Use pr_fmt and pr_<level>

On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 12:46:40PM -0400, Jean Delvare wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Oct 2010 09:43:43 -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 12:38:35PM -0400, Jean Delvare wrote:
> > > But first of all, I really would like the pr_fmt issue do be sorted
> > > out. I don't like the idea of having to redefine it in every driver,
> > > when it seems easy to avoid that. Joe?
> >
> > Agreed, especially since it doesn't seem to be used in many of the drivers.
> 
> As I understand it, it's used silently by all pr_*() calls.

I don't really understand the resistance to add the module name to the default
pr_fmt in kernel.h, and I really don't like the idea to spread pr_fmt defines
throughout the code instead.

Maybe I am missing something, but to me the result of this cleanup is less clean 
code than before.

What is your take ?

Guenter
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