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Date:	Sat, 11 Oct 2014 10:36:16 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Rasmus Wriedt Larsen <rasmuswriedtlarsen@...il.com>
Cc:	pdeschrijver@...dia.com, rmk+kernel@....linux.org.uk,
	swarren@...dia.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] init: calibrate: fix style issues

On Sat, 2014-10-11 at 19:23 +0200, Rasmus Wriedt Larsen wrote:
> On 11/10/14 18:40, Joe Perches wrote:
> > On Sat, 2014-10-11 at 18:31 +0200, Rasmus Wriedt Larsen wrote:
> >> * fix multiple quoted string split across lines style issues
> >> * change printk(KERN_NOTICE to pr_notice
> >> * insert spaces after , in function call
> > []
> >> diff --git a/init/calibrate.c b/init/calibrate.c
> > []
> >> @@ -160,9 +158,7 @@ static unsigned long calibrate_delay_direct(void)
> >>  
> >>  	}
> >>  
> >> -	printk(KERN_NOTICE "calibrate_delay_direct() failed to get a good "
> >> -	       "estimate for loops_per_jiffy.\nProbably due to long platform "
> >> -		"interrupts. Consider using \"lpj=\" boot option.\n");
> >> +	pr_notice("calibrate_delay_direct() failed to get a good estimate for loops_per_jiffy.\nProbably due to long platform interrupts. Consider using \"lpj=\" boot option.\n");
> > 
> > This would be better on 2 lines:
> > 	pr_notice("calibrate_delay_direct() failed to get a good estimate for loops_per_jiffy.\n"
> > 		  "Probably due to long platform interrupts. Consider using \"lpj=\" boot option.\n");
> 
> Yes, indeed it would. (will fix in upcoming patch)
> 
> > The grammar is poor though and this
> > could be better phrased.
> 
> Any suggestions? I don't see anything in particular (but English is not my
> native language either)

I'd suggest something on a single line like:

	pr_notice("%s: failed to reasonably estimate loops_per_jiffy (long platform interrupts?) - perhaps use boot option 'lpj='\n",
		  __func__);

I prefer complete individual messages and don't
mind longer dmesg message lines.


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