linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/8] Introduce generic read function to read nvram-partitions

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Date:	Mon, 15 Apr 2013 17:35:02 +1000
From:	Michael Ellerman <michael@...erman.id.au>
To:	Aruna Balakrishnaiah <aruna@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	linuxppc-dev@...abs.org, paulus@...ba.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, benh@...nel.crashing.org,
	jkenisto@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, mahesh@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
	anton@...ba.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/8] Introduce generic read function to read
 nvram-partitions

On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 12:51:25PM +0530, Aruna Balakrishnaiah wrote:
> Introduce generic read function to read nvram partitions other than rtas.
> nvram_read_error_log will be retained which is used to read rtas partition
> from rtasd. nvram_read_partition is the generic read function to read from
> any nvram partition.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Aruna Balakrishnaiah <aruna@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Reviewed-by: Jim Keniston <jkenisto@...ibm.com>
> ---
>  arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/nvram.c |   34 +++++++++++++++++++++++---------
>  1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/nvram.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/nvram.c
> index 742735a..6701b71 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/nvram.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/nvram.c
> @@ -293,34 +293,37 @@ int nvram_write_error_log(char * buff, int length,
>  	return rc;
>  }
>  
> -/* nvram_read_error_log
> +/* nvram_read_partition
>   *
> - * Reads nvram for error log for at most 'length'
> + * Reads nvram partition for at most 'length'
>   */
> -int nvram_read_error_log(char * buff, int length,
> -                         unsigned int * err_type, unsigned int * error_log_cnt)
> +int nvram_read_partition(struct nvram_os_partition *part, char *buff,
> +			int length, unsigned int *err_type,
> +			unsigned int *error_log_cnt)
>  {
>  	int rc;
>  	loff_t tmp_index;
>  	struct err_log_info info;
>  	
> -	if (rtas_log_partition.index == -1)
> +	if (part->index == -1)
>  		return -1;
>  
> -	if (length > rtas_log_partition.size)
> -		length = rtas_log_partition.size;
> +	if (length > part->size)
> +		length = part->size;
>  
> -	tmp_index = rtas_log_partition.index;
> +	tmp_index = part->index;
>  
>  	rc = ppc_md.nvram_read((char *)&info, sizeof(struct err_log_info), &tmp_index);
>  	if (rc <= 0) {
> -		printk(KERN_ERR "nvram_read_error_log: Failed nvram_read (%d)\n", rc);
> +		printk(KERN_ERR "nvram_read_partition: "
> +				"Failed nvram_read (%d)\n", rc);

Should be:
	pr_err("%s: Failed ..\n", __FUNCTION__, ..)

cheers
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