linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] staging: vme_user: Replace printk() with pr_*(),dev

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Message-ID: <82dc1055-521d-e4d-9d91-b4cc7d8d9d3e@inria.fr>
Date:   Wed, 18 Oct 2023 09:00:57 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...ia.fr>
To:     Soumya Negi <soumya.negi97@...il.com>
cc:     Martyn Welch <martyn@...chs.me.uk>,
        Manohar Vanga <manohar.vanga@...il.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        outreachy@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] staging: vme_user: Replace printk() with
 pr_*(),dev_*()



On Tue, 17 Oct 2023, Soumya Negi wrote:

> Hi Julia,
>
> On Wed, Oct 18, 2023 at 07:47:29AM +0200, Julia Lawall wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 17 Oct 2023, Soumya Negi wrote:
> >
> > > vme.c uses printk() to log messages. To improve and standardize message
> > > formatting, use logging mechanisms pr_err()/pr_warn() and
> > > dev_err()/dev_warn() instead. Retain the printk log levels of the
> > > messages during replacement.
> >
> > It's not possible to use the dev_ functions more often?  The pr_functions
> > don't give context information, and the message don't seem to give much
> > context information either.
> >
> > julia
> >
>
> Yes, I think there can be more dev_*() functions.
>
> Most of the dev_ that can be added are error/warning messages where the bridge's
> 'struct device' instance is accessible & can be fed to dev_ fns. Although I went
> through the VME subsystem docs, I wasn't sure if the bridge's context made sense
> to be printed with those messages. So I wrote them as pr_ functions.
>
> Should I add them and send a v2 for review?

Maybe wait a bit and see if someone else has a comment on this issue.

julia

>
> Regards,
> Soumya
>
>