linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/5] scsi: BusLogic: Fix missing `pr

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Message-ID: <86c10671ff86f96004a6d6c3c08aed3e27d58d0a.camel@perches.com>
Date:   Fri, 16 Apr 2021 07:02:47 -0700
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@...am.me.uk>
Cc:     Khalid Aziz <khalid@...ehiking.org>,
        "James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@...ux.ibm.com>,
        "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] scsi: BusLogic: Fix missing `pr_cont' use

On Fri, 2021-04-16 at 12:48 +0200, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:
> I'm not sure if that complex message 
> routing via `blogic_msg' is worth having even, rather than calling 
> `printk' or suitable variants directly.

It's to allow the message content to be added to the internal
	&adapter->msgbuf[adapter->msgbuflen]
with strcpy for later use with blogic_show_info()/seq_write.