linux-kernel - Re: [patch v2 2/3] staging: speakup: check and convert dev name or ser to dev

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Date:   Mon, 19 Jun 2017 11:27:22 +0300
From:   Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:     Okash Khawaja <okash.khawaja@...il.com>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.com>,
        Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@...-lyon.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
        Kirk Reiser <kirk@...sers.ca>, speakup@...ux-speakup.org,
        Chris Brannon <chris@...-brannons.com>
Subject: Re: [patch v2 2/3] staging: speakup: check and convert dev name or
 ser to dev_t

On Sun, Jun 18, 2017 at 09:58:27AM +0100, Okash Khawaja wrote:
> +int ser_to_dev(int ser, dev_t *dev_no)
> +{
> +	if (ser < 0 || ser > (255 - 64)) {
> +                pr_err("speakup: Invalid ser param. \
> +				Must be between 0 and 191 inclusive.\n");


I pointed out that all these strings are wrong in the first version of
the patch.  You're going to end up with a whole bunch of tabs in your
dmesg output.

regards,
dan carpenter