linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] Docs: usb: update err() to pr_err() and replace __FILE_

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Message-ID: <49a766ec-014e-3667-828c-a4fd19c7c9e3@omp.ru>
Date:   Fri, 29 Oct 2021 23:33:17 +0300
From:   Sergey Shtylyov <s.shtylyov@....ru>
To:     Philipp Hortmann <philipp.g.hortmann@...il.com>, <corbet@....net>,
        <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:     <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] Docs: usb: update err() to pr_err() and replace
 __FILE__

On 10/29/21 10:39 PM, Philipp Hortmann wrote:

> update err() to pr_err() and replace __FILE__
> 
> Signed-off-by: Philipp Hortmann <philipp.g.hortmann@...il.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/driver-api/usb/writing_usb_driver.rst | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/usb/writing_usb_driver.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/usb/writing_usb_driver.rst
> index 2176297e5765..5c29e5bdbe88 100644
> --- a/Documentation/driver-api/usb/writing_usb_driver.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/usb/writing_usb_driver.rst
> @@ -91,8 +91,8 @@ usually in the driver's init function, as shown here::
>  	    /* register this driver with the USB subsystem */
>  	    result = usb_register(&skel_driver);
>  	    if (result < 0) {
> -		    err("usb_register failed for the "__FILE__ "driver."
> -			"Error number %d", result);
> +		    pr_err("usb_register failed for the %s driver. "

   Don't break up the kernel message like this. The current code is a bad example --
high time to fix it. :-)

> +			   "Error number %d", skel_driver.name, result);
>  		    return -1;
>  	    }
>  

MBR, Sergey