linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/4] Input-gameport: Replace some printk() calls by pr_info() in joydump

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <1474733610.23838.2.camel@perches.com>
Date:   Sat, 24 Sep 2016 09:13:30 -0700
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>,
        linux-input@...r.kernel.org,
        Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] Input-gameport: Replace some printk() calls by
 pr_info() in joydump_connect()

On Sat, 2016-09-24 at 15:50 +0200, SF Markus Elfring wrote:

> * Prefer usage of the macro "pr_info" over the interface "printk"
>   in this function.
> * Reduce number of output function calls.

Did you test this?  I doubt it.

> diff --git a/drivers/input/joystick/joydump.c b/drivers/input/joystick/joydump.c
[]
> @@ -57,27 +57,29 @@ static int joydump_connect(struct gameport *gameport, struct gameport_driver *dr
> >  	unsigned long flags;
> >  	unsigned char u;
>  
> > -	printk(KERN_INFO "joydump: ,------------------ START ----------------.\n");
> > -	printk(KERN_INFO "joydump: | Dumping: %30s |\n", gameport->phys);
> > -	printk(KERN_INFO "joydump: | Speed: %28d kHz |\n", gameport->speed);
> > +	pr_info(",------------------ START ----------------.\n"
> > +		"| Dumping: %30s |\n"
> > +		"| Speed: %28d kHz |\n",
> > +		gameport->phys,
> > +		gameport->speed);

Not the same output.