linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] scripts/checkpatch.pl: to give more detailed warning message in case printk is used in any patch

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Date:	Sun, 02 Mar 2014 07:14:54 -0800
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Yogesh Chaudhari <mr.yogesh@...il.com>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, apw@...onical.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] scripts/checkpatch.pl: to give more detailed
 warning message in case printk is used in any patch

On Sun, 2014-03-02 at 20:31 +0530, Yogesh Chaudhari wrote:
> Based on the discussion here:
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/3/2/17
> 
> I would like to propose this patch to improve the warning message in
> checkpatch.pl.  Comments/Suggestions on possible improvements are
> welcome.

Messages are all single line.

This breaks --terse.

> diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
[]
>              WARN("PREFER_PR_LEVEL",
> -                 "Prefer netdev_$level2(netdev, ... then
> dev_$level2(dev, ... then pr_$level(...  to printk(KERN_$orig ...\n" .
> $herecurr);
> +                 "Order of preference for printing debug messages:
> +                 1. [subsystem]_$level2([subsystem]dev, ... eg
> netdev_$level2(netdev, ... for netdevice object
> +                 2. dev_$level2(dev, ... for drivers with struct device
> +                 3. pr_$level(...  to printk(KERN_$orig ...\n" . $herecurr);
>          }


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