linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] x86/CPU/AMD: Prefix messages with x86/amd

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Message-ID: <ad197d3e-f220-40d3-a775-84d9f6a8c4f8@kernel.org>
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2026 16:44:37 -0600
From: "Mario Limonciello (AMD) (kernel.org)" <superm1@...nel.org>
To: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc: mario.limonciello@....com, tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com,
 dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com, x86@...nel.org, hpa@...or.com,
 Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
 Yazen Ghannam <yazen.ghannam@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] x86/CPU/AMD: Prefix messages with x86/amd



On 1/10/2026 7:53 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 10, 2026 at 07:39:35AM -0600, Mario Limonciello (AMD) (kernel.org) wrote:
>> Well originally the reason was that another message was being added in a
>> series.  But the review of the series was deciding not to do it that way.
>> But this way any other future messages pick up the prefix already.
>>
>> It's a trivial patch, but if you want to wait until another message comes
>> around again we can hold off.
> 
> I'm actually wondering whether there's any specific reason to denote that the
> messages come from this particular compilation unit...?
> 

My own personal use when looking at very noisy logs is to use "grep -v" 
and filter out prefixes.  Don't know if other people do that.