linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mtd: maps: l440gx: Avoid print address to dmesg

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Date:   Thu, 10 Oct 2019 10:26:06 +0200
From:   Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>
To:     Fuqian Huang <huangfq.daxian@...il.com>
Cc:     David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
        Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>,
        Marek Vasut <marek.vasut@...il.com>,
        Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>,
        Vignesh Raghavendra <vigneshr@...com>,
        linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mtd: maps: l440gx: Avoid print address to dmesg

Hi Fuqian,

Fuqian Huang <huangfq.daxian@...il.com> wrote on Thu, 10 Oct 2019
16:01:30 +0800:

> Avoid print the address of l440gx_map.virt every time l440gx init.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Fuqian Huang <huangfq.daxian@...il.com>
> ---
>  drivers/mtd/maps/l440gx.c | 1 -
>  1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/maps/l440gx.c b/drivers/mtd/maps/l440gx.c
> index 876f12f40018..e7e40bca82d1 100644
> --- a/drivers/mtd/maps/l440gx.c
> +++ b/drivers/mtd/maps/l440gx.c
> @@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ static int __init init_l440gx(void)
>  		return -ENOMEM;
>  	}
>  	simple_map_init(&l440gx_map);
> -	printk(KERN_NOTICE "window_addr = 0x%08lx\n", (unsigned long)l440gx_map.virt);
>  
>  	/* Setup the pm iobase resource
>  	 * This code should move into some kind of generic bridge


It looks more like a debug message, maybe turn it into a KERN_DEBUG?
Usually people do not run their kernels with such a low trace limit.

Thanks,
Miquèl