linux-kernel - [PATCH] x86/cpu/intel: Lower "ENERGY_PERF_BIAS: Set to normal" message log priority

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Date:   Sun, 30 Dec 2018 18:27:15 +0100
From:   Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:     Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] x86/cpu/intel: Lower "ENERGY_PERF_BIAS: Set to normal" message log priority

The "ENERGY_PERF_BIAS: Set to 'normal', was 'performance'" message triggers
on pretty much every Intel machine. The purpose of log messages with
a warning level is to notify the user of something which potentially is
a problem, or at least somewhat unexpected.

This message clearly does not match those criteria, so lower its log
priority from warning to info.

Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
index fc3c07fe7df5..3142fd7a9b32 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
@@ -611,8 +611,8 @@ static void init_intel_energy_perf(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 	if ((epb & 0xF) != ENERGY_PERF_BIAS_PERFORMANCE)
 		return;
 
-	pr_warn_once("ENERGY_PERF_BIAS: Set to 'normal', was 'performance'\n");
-	pr_warn_once("ENERGY_PERF_BIAS: View and update with x86_energy_perf_policy(8)\n");
+	pr_info_once("ENERGY_PERF_BIAS: Set to 'normal', was 'performance'\n");
+	pr_info_once("ENERGY_PERF_BIAS: View and update with x86_energy_perf_policy(8)\n");
 	epb = (epb & ~0xF) | ENERGY_PERF_BIAS_NORMAL;
 	wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_ENERGY_PERF_BIAS, epb);
 }
-- 
2.20.1