linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] tty: serial: msm

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Date:	Thu, 28 Apr 2016 15:15:50 -0700
From:	Frank Rowand <frowand.list@...il.com>
To:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
CC:	Andy Gross <andy.gross@...aro.org>,
	David Brown <david.brown@...aro.org>,
	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.com>,
	"linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org" <linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-soc@...r.kernel.org, linux-serial@...r.kernel.org,
	Linux Kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	ivan.ivanov@...aro.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] tty: serial: msm_serial add info message

On 4/28/2016 1:51 PM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 23, 2016 at 10:17:05AM -0700, Frank Rowand wrote:
>> From: Frank Rowand <frank.rowand@...sony.com>
>>
>> Failure to enable DMA by the msm_serial driver is silent.
>> Add a message to report the failure.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Frank Rowand <frank.rowand@...sony.com>
>> ---
>>  drivers/tty/serial/msm_serial.c |    1 +
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>>
>> Index: b/drivers/tty/serial/msm_serial.c
>> ===================================================================
>> --- a/drivers/tty/serial/msm_serial.c
>> +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/msm_serial.c
>> @@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ rel_tx:
>>  	dma_release_channel(dma->chan);
>>  no_tx:
>>  	memset(dma, 0, sizeof(*dma));
>> +	dev_info(dev, "msm_serial: DMA not enabled\n");
> 
> Don't print out messages that a user can't do something with :(
> 
> So I agree, this is not needed, sorry.
> 
> greg k-h
> 

I am ok with dropping patch 2.  No problem.

-Frank