linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] vfio/pci: demote hiding ecap messages to debug level

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Date:   Sat, 20 May 2023 15:41:42 +0800
From:   Yanghang Luy <yanghliu@...hat.com>
To:     Oleksandr Natalenko <oleksandr@...alenko.name>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...hat.com>,
        Eric Auger <eric.auger@...hat.com>,
        Cédric Le Goater <clg@...hat.com>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>,
        Abhishek Sahu <abhsahu@...dia.com>,
        Kevin Tian <kevin.tian@...el.com>,
        Cornelia Huck <cohuck@...hat.com>, Bo Liu <liubo03@...pur.com>,
        "K V P, Satyanarayana" <satyanarayana.k.v.p@...el.com>,
        kvm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] vfio/pci: demote hiding ecap messages to debug level

Tested-by: YangHang Liu <yanghliu@...hat.com>

On 5/4/2023 9:16 PM, Oleksandr Natalenko wrote:
> Seeing a burst of messages like this:
> 
>      vfio-pci 0000:98:00.0: vfio_ecap_init: hiding ecap 0x19@...d0
>      vfio-pci 0000:98:00.0: vfio_ecap_init: hiding ecap 0x25@...00
>      vfio-pci 0000:98:00.0: vfio_ecap_init: hiding ecap 0x26@...10
>      vfio-pci 0000:98:00.0: vfio_ecap_init: hiding ecap 0x27@...50
>      vfio-pci 0000:98:00.1: vfio_ecap_init: hiding ecap 0x25@...00
>      vfio-pci 0000:b1:00.0: vfio_ecap_init: hiding ecap 0x19@...d0
>      vfio-pci 0000:b1:00.0: vfio_ecap_init: hiding ecap 0x25@...00
>      vfio-pci 0000:b1:00.0: vfio_ecap_init: hiding ecap 0x26@...10
>      vfio-pci 0000:b1:00.0: vfio_ecap_init: hiding ecap 0x27@...50
>      vfio-pci 0000:b1:00.1: vfio_ecap_init: hiding ecap 0x25@...00
> 
> is of little to no value for an ordinary user.
> 
> Hence, use pci_dbg() instead of pci_info().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Oleksandr Natalenko <oleksandr@...alenko.name>
> ---
>   drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_config.c | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_config.c b/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_config.c
> index 948cdd464f4e..dd8dda14e701 100644
> --- a/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_config.c
> +++ b/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_config.c
> @@ -1643,7 +1643,7 @@ static int vfio_ecap_init(struct vfio_pci_core_device *vdev)
>   		}
>   
>   		if (!len) {
> -			pci_info(pdev, "%s: hiding ecap %#x@%#x\n",
> +			pci_dbg(pdev, "%s: hiding ecap %#x@%#x\n",
>   				 __func__, ecap, epos);
>   
>   			/* If not the first in the chain, we can skip over it */