netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 1/6] net-PPP: Replacement of a printk() call by pr_warn() in mppe

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Date:	Fri, 5 Dec 2014 07:26:22 +0100 (CET)
From:	Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
cc:	SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>,
	Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>, linux-ppp@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
	Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/6] net-PPP: Replacement of a printk() call by
 pr_warn() in mppe_rekey()

On Thu, 4 Dec 2014, Joe Perches wrote:

> On Thu, 2014-12-04 at 23:27 +0100, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> > >> diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_mppe.c b/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_mppe.c
> > > []
> > >> @@ -172,9 +172,8 @@ static void mppe_rekey(struct ppp_mppe_state * state, int initial_key)
> > >>  		setup_sg(sg_in, state->sha1_digest, state->keylen);
> > >>  		setup_sg(sg_out, state->session_key, state->keylen);
> > >>  		if (crypto_blkcipher_encrypt(&desc, sg_out, sg_in,
> > >> -					     state->keylen) != 0) {
> > >> -    		    printk(KERN_WARNING "mppe_rekey: cipher_encrypt failed\n");
> > >> -		}
> > >> +					     state->keylen) != 0)
> > >> +			pr_warn("mppe_rekey: cipher_encrypt failed\n");
> > > 
> > > It's generally nicer to replace embedded function names
> > > with "%s: ", __func__
> > > 
> > > 			pr_warn("%s: cipher_encrypt failed\n", __func__);
> > 
> > Do you want that I send a third patch series for the fine-tuning of these parameters?
> 
> If you want.
> 
> I just wanted you to be aware of it for future patches.

Markus, are you sure that you cannot use netdev_warn in this case?

julia
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