linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] kobject: fix warnings use pr

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Message-ID: <b12c68ec5dc34f69a3538a90a9a17e8d6b853b41.camel@perches.com>
Date:   Tue, 30 Oct 2018 08:01:50 -0700
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Bo YU <tsu.yubo@...il.com>, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
        rafael@...nel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] kobject: fix warnings use pr_* to replace  printk

On Tue, 2018-10-30 at 08:01 -0400, Bo YU wrote:
> Fix warning from checkpatch.pl use pr_* to replace printk

If you look at msg, it can be unterminated with newline.

> diff --git a/lib/kobject_uevent.c b/lib/kobject_uevent.c
[]
> @@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ int kobject_synth_uevent(struct kobject *kobj, const char *buf, size_t count)
>  out:
>  	if (r) {
>  		devpath = kobject_get_path(kobj, GFP_KERNEL);
> -		printk(KERN_WARNING "synth uevent: %s: %s",
> +		pr_warn("synth uevent: %s: %s",
>  		       devpath ?: "unknown device",
>  		       msg ?: "failed to send uevent");
>  		kfree(devpath);

Perhaps this block should be:

diff --git a/lib/kobject_uevent.c b/lib/kobject_uevent.c
index 63d0816ab23b..0ba1197f366e 100644
--- a/lib/kobject_uevent.c
+++ b/lib/kobject_uevent.c
@@ -195,12 +195,12 @@ int kobject_synth_uevent(struct kobject *kobj, const char *buf, size_t count)
 	enum kobject_action action;
 	const char *action_args;
 	struct kobj_uevent_env *env;
-	const char *msg = NULL, *devpath;
+	const char *msg = NULL;
 	int r;
 
 	r = kobject_action_type(buf, count, &action, &action_args);
 	if (r) {
-		msg = "unknown uevent action string\n";
+		msg = "unknown uevent action string";
 		goto out;
 	}
 
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ int kobject_synth_uevent(struct kobject *kobj, const char *buf, size_t count)
 	r = kobject_action_args(action_args,
 				count - (action_args - buf), &env);
 	if (r == -EINVAL) {
-		msg = "incorrect uevent action arguments\n";
+		msg = "incorrect uevent action arguments";
 		goto out;
 	}
 
@@ -223,10 +223,11 @@ int kobject_synth_uevent(struct kobject *kobj, const char *buf, size_t count)
 	kfree(env);
 out:
 	if (r) {
-		devpath = kobject_get_path(kobj, GFP_KERNEL);
-		printk(KERN_WARNING "synth uevent: %s: %s",
-		       devpath ?: "unknown device",
-		       msg ?: "failed to send uevent");
+		char *devpath devpath = kobject_get_path(kobj, GFP_KERNEL);
+
+		pr_warn("synth uevent: %s: %s\n",
+			devpath ?: "unknown device",
+			msg ?: "failed to send uevent");
 		kfree(devpath);
 	}
 	return r;