linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] Staging: rt2860: include KERN

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Date:	Mon, 13 Dec 2010 13:15:31 -0800
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, devel@...uxdriverproject.org,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] Staging: rt2860: include KERN_* in printk

On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 09:24:30PM +0100, L. Alberto Giménez wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 10:30:32AM -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 12:58:44AM +0100, L. Alberto Giménez wrote:
> > > Fix checkpatch complains.
> > > 
> > > The change of the DBGPRINT_ERR macro causes the change on the callers.
> > 
> > What change?
> 
> -#define DBGPRINT_ERR(Fmt)           \
> -{                                   \
> -    printk("ERROR! ");          \
> -    printk Fmt;                  \
> -}
> +#define DBGPRINT_ERR(fmt, args...) printk(KERN_ERR fmt, ##args)
> 
> Recommended by Joe. I agree that it is cleaner and more compliant.

Not really, it should be replaced with dev_err() or some such universal
replacement.


> That macro needed that the callers use two parens, as in:
> 
> DBGPRINT_ERR(("MlmeInit failed, Status[=0x%08x]\n", Status));
> 
> With the introduced change, all calls to the DBGPRINT_ERR macro must be
> translated to a regular single-parenthesized.
> 
> DBGPRINT_ERR("NICInitializeAdapter failed, Status[=0x%08x]\n", Status);
> 
> Yes, it's crap code, but I own an eeepc 901 and this was the perfect excuse to
> get my harnds dirty :)

That's fine.

How about splitting just the DBGPRINT_ERR() change into one patch, and
the other printk cleanups into another one?  Remember, only do one thing
per patch please.

thanks,

greg k-h
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