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Date:	Sat, 28 Nov 2015 13:21:47 +0300
From:	Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>
To:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:	Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>,
	Felipe Balbi <balbi@...com>, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] usb: musb: convert printk to pr_*

On 11/28/2015 3:04 AM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:

>>> This file already uses pr_debug in a few places; this converts the
>>> remaining printks.
>>
>>     Are you aware that printk(KERN_DEBUG, ...) and pr_debug() are not equivalent?
>
> Yes, and that is a good thing, you should be using pr_debug() instead of
> printk(KERN_DEBUG...).
>
> Why object to something like this?

    I'm not objecting, just asking. There have been many cases in my practice 
where a patch author wasn't aware of that...
    It's just that these printk()'s could have been intentional (not to depend 
on DEBUG or dynamic debugging).

> greg k-h

MBR, Sergei

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