linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Suggest pr_<level> over printk(KERN

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Date:	Tue, 13 Mar 2012 15:03:16 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	"Ted Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
Cc:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>, Andy Whitcroft <apw@...dowen.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Suggest pr_<level> over printk(KERN_<LEVEL>

On Tue, 13 Mar 2012 18:01:44 -0400
"Ted Ts'o" <tytso@....edu> wrote:

> On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 02:55:17PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > 
> > mm...  probably.  It's not a thing I ever bother mentioning in review,
> > but I guess pr_foo() is a bit denser, and doing the same thing in two
> > different ways is always an irritant.
> 
> Sure but if a particular kernel file or subsystem is _not_ using
> pr_foo(), having a checkpatch which tries to force everyone to use
> pr_foo() is going to be really annoying to me as a maintainer...
> 

Yes, that's what I fear.  That's why I'm testing it...
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