linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] PM / OPP: fix debug/error messages in dev_pm_opp_of_get_sharing

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Date:   Thu, 20 Oct 2016 12:30:56 +0530
From:   Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
To:     Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
Cc:     linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Nishanth Menon <nm@...com>,
        Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>, Viresh Kumar <vireshk@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] PM / OPP: fix debug/error messages in
 dev_pm_opp_of_get_sharing_cpus()

On 20-10-16, 15:59, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> These log messages are wrong because _of_get_opp_desc_node() returns
> an operating-points-v2 node.
> 
> Commit a6eed752f5fb ("PM / OPP: passing NULL to PTR_ERR()") fixed
> static checker warnings, and reworded the messages at the same time
> (but the latter was not mentioned in the git-log).
> 
> Restore the correct messages, dropping __func__.  We can grep the
> message string, so the function name would not carry much value.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
> ---
> 
> Changes in v2:
>   - Reword git-log slightly
>      comments -> log messages
> 
>  drivers/base/power/opp/of.c | 5 ++---
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/base/power/opp/of.c b/drivers/base/power/opp/of.c
> index 6480137..92e6d53 100644
> --- a/drivers/base/power/opp/of.c
> +++ b/drivers/base/power/opp/of.c
> @@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ int dev_pm_opp_of_get_sharing_cpus(struct device *cpu_dev,
>  	/* Get OPP descriptor node */
>  	np = _of_get_opp_desc_node(cpu_dev);
>  	if (!np) {
> -		dev_dbg(cpu_dev, "%s: Couldn't find cpu_dev node.\n", __func__);
> +		dev_dbg(cpu_dev, "Couldn't find opp node.\n");
>  		return -ENOENT;
>  	}
>  
> @@ -587,8 +587,7 @@ int dev_pm_opp_of_get_sharing_cpus(struct device *cpu_dev,
>  		/* Get OPP descriptor node */
>  		tmp_np = _of_get_opp_desc_node(tcpu_dev);
>  		if (!tmp_np) {
> -			dev_err(tcpu_dev, "%s: Couldn't find tcpu_dev node.\n",
> -				__func__);
> +			dev_err(tcpu_dev, "Couldn't find opp node.\n");

The error messages are very generic and it can get tricky to grep for them in
the source code..

I would prefer keeping function name in the print message.

-- 
viresh