linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scsi: libsas: Remove pcidev reference

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Date:   Mon, 12 Nov 2018 17:55:19 +0000
From:   John Garry <john.garry@...wei.com>
To:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>, <jejb@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
CC:     <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linuxarm@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi: libsas: Remove pcidev reference

On 12/11/2018 17:49, John Garry wrote:
> On 12/11/2018 17:32, Joe Perches wrote:
>> On Tue, 2018-11-13 at 01:28 +0800, John Garry wrote:
>>> Not all host drivers are PCI drivers - like hisi_sas, which supports a
>>> platform driver - so remove reference to "pcidev".
>>>
>>> The debug level is also downgraded to KERN_ERR for the same message.
>> []
>>> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_discover.c
>>> b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_discover.c
>> []
>>> @@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ int sas_notify_lldd_dev_found(struct
>>> domain_device *dev)
>>>
>>>      res = i->dft->lldd_dev_found(dev);
>>>      if (res) {
>>> -        printk("sas: driver on pcidev %s cannot handle "
>>> +        pr_err("sas: driver on host %s cannot handle "
>>>                 "device %llx, error:%d\n",
>>
>> As a printk without a KERN_<LEVEL> is printed at whatever
>> CONFIG_MESSAGE_LOGLEVEL_DEFAULT is set to (default: 4 and
>> rarely unchanged), this is effectively upgraded from a
>> KERN_WARNING to KERN_ERR.
>
> ah, I thought that it was printed always.
>
> So maybe I'll just leave as-is.

I forgot to mention that checkpatch complains about using printk() - 
that's why I changed it.

Thanks,
John

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