linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] nvme: add device name to warning in uuid

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Date:   Wed, 8 Jun 2022 00:55:48 +0200
From:   Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>
To:     Keith Busch <kbusch@...nel.org>
Cc:     Jens Axboe <axboe@...com>, Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Sagi Grimberg <sagi@...mberg.me>,
        linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] nvme: add device name to warning in uuid_show()

On 2022-06-07 10:11-0600, Keith Busch wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 07, 2022 at 05:55:55PM +0200, Thomas Weißschuh wrote:
> >  	if (uuid_is_null(&ids->uuid)) {
> > -		printk_ratelimited(KERN_WARNING
> > -				   "No UUID available providing old NGUID\n");
> > +		dev_warn_ratelimited(dev, "No UUID available providing old NGUID\n");
> >  		return sysfs_emit(buf, "%pU\n", ids->nguid);
> 
> The line split was correct to prevent this overly long line. But otherwise,
> this looks good, though I'm wondering why this needs to be printed every time
> someone reads the attribute.

Sorry about the long line, thought it looks nicer on one line and other
(similar) lines in the file are also using up to 100 characters per line.
Do you want me to resend it?

No idea why has to be printed every time. A dev_warn_once() would be less
spammy.