linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] printk: Use symbolic defines for console loglevels

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Message-ID: <20140527151728.64e8cf59@gandalf.local.home>
Date:	Tue, 27 May 2014 15:17:28 -0400
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>, x86@...nel.org,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>,
	Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@...driver.com>,
	kgdb-bugreport@...ts.sourceforge.net, Hedi Berriche <hedi@....com>,
	Mike Travis <travis@....com>,
	Dimitri Sivanich <sivanich@....com>,
	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] printk: Use symbolic defines for console loglevels

On Mon, 19 May 2014 20:27:32 +0200
Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de> wrote:

> From: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
> 
 
> There should be no functionality change resulting from this patch.
> 

> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
> index 068054f4bf20..eda1a865641e 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
> @@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ asmlinkage __visible void __init x86_64_start_kernel(char * real_mode_data)
>  	 */
>  	load_ucode_bsp();
>  
> -	if (console_loglevel == 10)
> +	if (console_loglevel >= CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL_DEBUG)

This looks like functionality change to me.

Please make the fix of "==" --> ">=" a separate patch.

-- Steve
 
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