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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Message-ID: <1393774826.13719.31.camel@joe-AO722>
Date:	Sun, 02 Mar 2014 07:40:26 -0800
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Levente Kurusa <levex@...ux.com>
Cc:	Yogesh Chaudhari <mr.yogesh@...il.com>,
	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 16:20 +0100, Levente Kurusa wrote:
> IMHO, this message is too big. The one we already have is nice and clean.
> I would simply do: s/netdev/[subsystem]/ or something among the lines.

maybe:

"Prefer [subsystem eg: netdev]_$level2 then dev_$level2 then pr_$level to printk(KERN_$orig ...\n"

or reference the stackoverflow link

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