linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 9/9] thermal: cpu_cooling: Clarify error message

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Date:   Mon, 21 Jan 2019 15:13:52 +0530
From:   Amit Kucheria <amit.kucheria@...aro.org>
To:     "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
Cc:     Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-arm-msm <linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org>,
        Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@...aro.org>,
        Eduardo Valentin <edubezval@...il.com>,
        Andy Gross <andy.gross@...aro.org>,
        Taniya Das <tdas@...eaurora.org>,
        Stephen Boyd <swboyd@...omium.org>,
        Doug Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>,
        Matthias Kaehlcke <mka@...omium.org>,
        Javi Merino <javi.merino@...nel.org>,
        Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@...el.com>,
        Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>,
        "open list:THERMAL/CPU_COOLING" <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 9/9] thermal: cpu_cooling: Clarify error message

On Thu, Jan 17, 2019 at 4:04 PM Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Jan 17, 2019 at 6:57 AM Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org> wrote:
> >
> > On 14-01-19, 15:51, Amit Kucheria wrote:
> > > Make it clear that it is a failure if the cpufreq driver was unable to
> > > register as a cooling device. Makes it easier to find in logs and
> > > grepping for words like fail, err, warn.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Amit Kucheria <amit.kucheria@...aro.org>
> > > ---
> > >  drivers/thermal/cpu_cooling.c | 2 +-
> > >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/thermal/cpu_cooling.c b/drivers/thermal/cpu_cooling.c
> > > index dfd23245f778..6fff16113628 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/thermal/cpu_cooling.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/thermal/cpu_cooling.c
> > > @@ -774,7 +774,7 @@ of_cpufreq_cooling_register(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
> > >
> > >               cdev = __cpufreq_cooling_register(np, policy, capacitance);
> > >               if (IS_ERR(cdev)) {
> > > -                     pr_err("cpu_cooling: cpu%d is not running as cooling device: %ld\n",
> > > +                     pr_err("cpu_cooling: cpu%d failed to register as cooling device: %ld\n",
> > >                              policy->cpu, PTR_ERR(cdev));
> > >                       cdev = NULL;
> > >               }
> >
> > Always keep such cleanup patches at the top, so the maintainers can
> > pick them up easily even if the entire series doesn't get in.
>
> Actually, if nothing in the series depends on this change and this
> change doesn't depend on anything in the series, why is it part of the
> series at all?

Indeed, I should've separated this from the series. Done now.