linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.19 01/63] staging: r8188eu: do not spam the kernel log

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Message-ID: <Y0wH1wFepv3pCyaG@sashalap>
Date:   Sun, 16 Oct 2022 09:32:07 -0400
From:   Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Michael Straube <straube.linux@...il.com>,
        Philipp Hortmann <philipp.g.hortmann@...il.com>,
        Larry.Finger@...inger.net, phil@...lpotter.co.uk, martin@...ser.cx,
        paskripkin@...il.com, gszymaszek@...rt.pl, fmdefrancesco@...il.com,
        makvihas@...il.com, saurav.girepunje@...il.com,
        linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.19 01/63] staging: r8188eu: do not spam the
 kernel log

On Thu, Oct 13, 2022 at 06:46:12AM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
>On Wed, Oct 12, 2022 at 08:08:58PM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
>> On Wed, 2022-10-12 at 20:17 -0400, Sasha Levin wrote:
>> > From: Michael Straube <straube.linux@...il.com>
>> >
>> > [ Upstream commit 9a4d0d1c21b974454926c3b832b4728679d818eb ]
>> >
>> > Drivers should not spam the kernel log if they work properly. Convert
>> > the functions Hal_EfuseParseIDCode88E() and _netdev_open() to use
>> > netdev_dbg() instead of pr_info() so that developers can still enable
>> > it if they want to see this information.
>>
>> Why should this be backported?
>
>I agree, Sasha please drop this from all branches.

I'll drop it, but for the record: I've been picking up patches that help
with log spam like any other regular fixes. Being on the receiving end
of spammy kernel code and making debugging issues much harder, I think
it's as important (if not more) than some other classes of fixes we pick
up.

-- 
Thanks,
Sasha