linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/5] staging: r8188eu: (trivial) remove a duplicate debug print

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Message-ID: <20210813100536.xkjzfq5pstbhdwru@viti.kaiser.cx>
Date:   Fri, 13 Aug 2021 12:05:36 +0200
From:   Martin Kaiser <martin@...ser.cx>
To:     Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Cc:     Phillip Potter <phil@...lpotter.co.uk>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>,
        Michael Straube <straube.linux@...il.com>,
        linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/5] staging: r8188eu: (trivial) remove a duplicate debug
 print

Hi Dan and Phil,

Thus wrote Dan Carpenter (dan.carpenter@...cle.com):

> Please think of the subject and the commit message as two different
> things.  Often it's people reviewing on email will only read one or the
> other.  In other words just restate the subject:

ok, I'll keep that in mind for further patches.

> > Dear Martin,

> > Just my personal opinion, but I'd be inclined to strip out all DBG_88E
> > calls totally. If there are necessary functions being called such as
> > device_may_wakeup() we can always just keep this part and remove the
> > macro call (not checked this function out myself yet). Thanks.

I'd agree with you, Phil. Most DBG_88E prints don't say anything useful.

This comment from Greg made me drop the DBG_88E removal for now

https://lore.kernel.org/linux-staging/20210803201511.29000-1-martin@kaiser.cx/T/#m05d82a0ca8ed36180ebdc987114b4d892445c52d

A compromise would be to remove only those DBG_88E prints which are
really not helpful.

Best regards,
Martin