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Date:	Wed, 25 Jul 2012 11:53:49 -0600
From:	Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@...com>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:	lenb@...nel.org, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, bhelgaas@...gle.com,
	isimatu.yasuaki@...fujitsu.com, liuj97@...il.com,
	srivatsa.bhat@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, prarit@...hat.com,
	imammedo@...hat.com, vijaymohan.pandarathil@...com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] ACPI: Add acpi_pr_<level>() interfaces

On Wed, 2012-07-25 at 00:06 -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Fri, 2012-07-20 at 10:54 -0600, Toshi Kani wrote:
> > This patch introduces acpi_pr_<level>(), where <level> is a message
> > level such as err/warn/info, to support improved logging messages
> > for ACPI, esp. in hotplug operations.  acpi_pr_<level>() appends
> > "ACPI" prefix and ACPI object path to the messages.  This improves
> > diagnostics in hotplug operations since it identifies an object that
> > caused an issue in a log file.

Hi Joe,

Thanks for reviewing!

> trivia:

Did you mean to say something more on this?  Just checking...

> > diff --git a/drivers/acpi/utils.c b/drivers/acpi/utils.c
> []
> > @@ -454,3 +454,37 @@ acpi_evaluate_hotplug_ost(acpi_handle handle, u32 source_event,
> []
> > +	char *path;
> 
> const ?

Agreed.  I will update with the change.

> > diff --git a/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h b/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h
> []
> > @@ -85,6 +85,26 @@ struct acpi_pld {
> []
> > +#define acpi_pr_debug(handle, fmt, ...)				\
> > +	acpi_printk(KERN_DEBUG, handle, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
> 
> Might be nicer if this somehow had a dynamic debug
> mechanism too.

Good point!  I will try to add a dynamic debug mechanism on this.

Thanks,
-Toshi


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