linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] habanalabs: print to kernel log when reset is finished

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Message-ID: <20190810125344.GE15251@kroah.com>
Date:   Sat, 10 Aug 2019 14:53:44 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Oded Gabbay <oded.gabbay@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, oshpigelman@...ana.ai,
        ttayar@...ana.ai
Subject: Re: [PATCH] habanalabs: print to kernel log when reset is finished

On Sat, Aug 10, 2019 at 03:38:08PM +0300, Oded Gabbay wrote:
> Now that we don't print the queue testing messages, we need to print when
> the reset is finished so whoever looks at the kernel log will know the
> reset process was finished successfully and the driver is not stuck.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Oded Gabbay <oded.gabbay@...il.com>
> ---
>  drivers/misc/habanalabs/device.c | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/misc/habanalabs/device.c b/drivers/misc/habanalabs/device.c
> index 9a5926888b99..1fac808c2546 100644
> --- a/drivers/misc/habanalabs/device.c
> +++ b/drivers/misc/habanalabs/device.c
> @@ -907,6 +907,8 @@ int hl_device_reset(struct hl_device *hdev, bool hard_reset,
>  	else
>  		hdev->soft_reset_cnt++;
>  
> +	dev_info(hdev->dev, "Successfully finished resetting the device\n");

Really?  For doing things "properly" there is no need to spam the kernel
log.  Only spit stuff out if an error happens.

thanks,

greg k-h