linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH 01/14] scsi: fnic: Replace shost_printk with pr_info/pr

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Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2024 22:25:35 +0000
From: "Karan Tilak Kumar (kartilak)" <kartilak@...co.com>
To: Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>,
        "Sesidhar Baddela (sebaddel)"
	<sebaddel@...co.com>
CC: "Arulprabhu Ponnusamy (arulponn)" <arulponn@...co.com>,
        "Dhanraj Jhawar
 (djhawar)" <djhawar@...co.com>,
        "Gian Carlo Boffa (gcboffa)"
	<gcboffa@...co.com>,
        "Masa Kai (mkai2)" <mkai2@...co.com>,
        "Satish Kharat
 (satishkh)" <satishkh@...co.com>,
        "jejb@...ux.ibm.com" <jejb@...ux.ibm.com>,
        "martin.petersen@...cle.com" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        "linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 01/14] scsi: fnic: Replace shost_printk with
 pr_info/pr_err

On Monday, June 10, 2024 11:32 PM, Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de> wrote:
>
> On 6/10/24 23:50, Karan Tilak Kumar wrote:
> > Sending host information to shost_printk prior to host initialization
> > in fnic is unnecessary.
> > Replace shost_printk and a printk prior to this initialization with
> > pr_info and pr_err accordingly.
> >
> Please use 'dev_info' and 'dev_err' instead.
> pr_info/pr_err have the problem that they don't reference the device generating the message, making tracking of related messages in a large message log problematic.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Hannes
> --
> Dr. Hannes Reinecke                  Kernel Storage Architect
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>
>

Thanks for pointing this out. I'll incorporate this in the next version of changes.

Regards,
Karan