linux-kernel - Re: md/raid10: Replace printk() calls by the usage of higher level interfaces

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Message-ID: <21fb08b6-d5b7-0dd6-0cbd-0f0a4bf56a9e@users.sourceforge.net>
Date:   Thu, 6 Oct 2016 20:04:55 +0200
From:   SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
To:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:     linux-raid@...r.kernel.org, Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Guoqing Jiang <gqjiang@...e.com>, Jens Axboe <axboe@...com>,
        Mike Christie <mchristi@...hat.com>,
        Neil Brown <neilb@...e.com>, Shaohua Li <shli@...nel.org>,
        Tomasz Majchrzak <tomasz.majchrzak@...el.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
Subject: Re: md/raid10: Replace printk() calls by the usage of higher level
 interfaces

>> How should a multiline log message be achieved as it was constructed
>> in the function "raid10_error" (for example)?
>> https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/tree/drivers/md/raid10.c?id=c802e87fbe2d4dd58982d01b3c39bc5a781223aa#n1589
> 
> As two individual calls to pr_alert

I know also such an approach.

Would it be nicer if a single call will be sufficient for such a log message?

Can an idea picked up which was discussed for the update suggestion
"[PATCH 4/4] Input-gameport: Replace some printk() calls by pr_info() in joydump_connect()"
for a moment (on 2016-09-24)?
https://lkml.kernel.org/r/<1474735656.23838.6.camel@...ches.com>
https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/9/24/149

Regards,
Markus