linux-kernel - [PATCH] panic: Clean up message about deprecated 'panic

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Message-ID: <aKRJKZHgcxyNF3y7@pathway.suse.cz>
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2025 11:51:37 +0200
From: Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
To: Feng Tang <feng.tang@...ux.alibaba.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Lance Yang <lance.yang@...ux.dev>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, paulmck@...nel.org,
	john.ogness@...utronix.de
Subject: [PATCH] panic: Clean up message about deprecated 'panic_print'
 parameter

Remove duplication of the message about the deprecated 'panic_print'
parameter.

Also make the wording more direct. Make it clear that the new
parameters already exist and should be used instead.

Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
---
This can be used as a follow up patch.
Or feel free to squash it into the 3rd patch.

kernel/panic.c | 11 ++++++++---
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/panic.c b/kernel/panic.c
index 12a10e17ab4a..d3907fd95d72 100644
--- a/kernel/panic.c
+++ b/kernel/panic.c
@@ -122,10 +122,15 @@ static int proc_taint(const struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 	return err;
 }
 
+static void panic_print_deprecated(void)
+{
+	pr_info_once("Kernel: The 'panic_print' parameter is now deprecated. Please use 'panic_sys_info' and 'panic_console_replay' instead.\n");
+}
+
 static int sysctl_panic_print_handler(const struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 			   void *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	pr_info_once("Kernel: 'panic_print' sysctl interface will be obsoleted by both 'panic_sys_info' and 'panic_console_replay'\n");
+	panic_print_deprecated();
 	return proc_doulongvec_minmax(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
 }
 
@@ -944,13 +949,13 @@ core_param(panic_console_replay, panic_console_replay, bool, 0644);
 
 static int panic_print_set(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
-	pr_info_once("Kernel: 'panic_print' parameter will be obsoleted by both 'panic_sys_info' and 'panic_console_replay'\n");
+	panic_print_deprecated();
 	return  param_set_ulong(val, kp);
 }
 
 static int panic_print_get(char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
-	pr_info_once("Kernel: 'panic_print' parameter will be obsoleted by both 'panic_sys_info' and 'panic_console_replay'\n");
+	panic_print_deprecated();
 	return  param_get_ulong(val, kp);
 }
 
-- 
2.50.1