netdev - [PATCH net-next 1/1] qed: Lower the severity of a dcbx log message.

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Message-ID: <20180831111017.15747-1-sudarsana.kalluru@cavium.com>
Date:   Fri, 31 Aug 2018 04:10:17 -0700
From:   Sudarsana Reddy Kalluru <sudarsana.kalluru@...ium.com>
To:     <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:     <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <Michal.Kalderon@...ium.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next 1/1] qed: Lower the severity of a dcbx log message.

Driver displays an error message for each unrecognized dcbx TLV that's
received from the peer or configured on the device. It is observed that
syslog will be flooded with such messages in certain scenarios e.g.,
frequent link-flaps/lldp-transactions. Changing the severity of this
message to verbose level as it's not an error scenario/message.

Signed-off-by: Sudarsana Reddy Kalluru <Sudarsana.Kalluru@...ium.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_dcbx.c | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_dcbx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_dcbx.c
index 6bb76e6..6ce9a76 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_dcbx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_dcbx.c
@@ -253,8 +253,9 @@ static bool qed_dcbx_roce_v2_tlv(u32 app_info_bitmap, u16 proto_id, bool ieee)
 		*type = DCBX_PROTOCOL_ROCE_V2;
 	} else {
 		*type = DCBX_MAX_PROTOCOL_TYPE;
-		DP_ERR(p_hwfn, "No action required, App TLV entry = 0x%x\n",
-		       app_prio_bitmap);
+		DP_VERBOSE(p_hwfn, QED_MSG_DCB,
+			   "No action required, App TLV entry = 0x%x\n",
+			   app_prio_bitmap);
 		return false;
 	}

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1.8.3.1