linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/8] ACPI, CPER: Update cper info

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Message-ID: <20131016024633.GC6898@gchen.bj.intel.com>
Date:	Tue, 15 Oct 2013 22:46:33 -0400
From:	Chen Gong <gong.chen@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, tony.luck@...el.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/8] ACPI, CPER: Update cper info

On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 06:57:18PM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 18:57:18 -0700
> From: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
> To: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
> Cc: "Chen, Gong" <gong.chen@...ux.intel.com>, tony.luck@...el.com,
>  linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/8] ACPI, CPER: Update cper info
> X-Mailer: Evolution 3.6.4-0ubuntu1 
> 
> On Fri, 2013-10-11 at 17:47 +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> > On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 11:06:30AM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> > > > -	printk("%s""APEI generic hardware error status\n", pfx);
> > > > +	printk("%s""Generic Hardware Error Status\n", pfx);
> > > 
> > > Btw, what's the story with printk not using KERN_x levels in this file?
> > > Why are we falling back to default printk levels for all printks here
> > > and shouldn't we rather prioritize them by urgency into, say, KERN_ERR,
> > > KERN_INFO, etc?
> > 
> > Ignore that - checkpatch complained about it but I kinda missed that
> > we're handing down the prefix.
> 
> I think it'd be better to rename pfx to level
> as that's what printk.h calls them.
> 
No. pfx includes log level and prefix string both.
> 
> 

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