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, 2 Mar 2014 16:49:33 +0100
From:	Levente Kurusa <levex@...ux.com>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:	Yogesh Chaudhari <mr.yogesh@...il.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Robo Bot <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

Hi,

2014-03-02 16:40 GMT+01:00 Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>:
> 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"

Excellent, that looks the best and combines the best of two worlds.

>
> or reference the stackoverflow link
>

And what if that disappears? Might as well write this to
Documentation/CodingStyle
as I have previously mentioned. Yogesh, you want to do this or should I?

--
Regards,
Levente Kurusa
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