netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/2] net: qrtr: Migrate nameservice to kernel from userspace

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Date:   Tue, 16 Jun 2020 19:48:06 +0100
From:   Qais Yousef <qais.yousef@....com>
To:     Manivannan Sadhasivam <manivannan.sadhasivam@...aro.org>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org, bjorn.andersson@...aro.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] net: qrtr: Migrate nameservice to kernel from
 userspace

Hi Manivannan, David

On 02/13/20 14:44, Manivannan Sadhasivam wrote:

[...]

> +	trace_printk("advertising new server [%d:%x]@[%d:%d]\n",
> +		     srv->service, srv->instance, srv->node, srv->port);

I can't tell exactly from the discussion whether this is the version that got
merged into 5.7 or not, but it does match the commit message.

This patch introduces several trace_printk() which AFAIK is intended for
debugging only and shouldn't make it into mainline kernels.

It causes this big message to be printed to the log too

[    0.000000] **********************************************************
[    0.000000] **   NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE   **
[    0.000000] **                                                      **
[    0.000000] ** trace_printk() being used. Allocating extra memory.  **
[    0.000000] **                                                      **
[    0.000000] ** This means that this is a DEBUG kernel and it is     **
[    0.000000] ** unsafe for production use.                           **
[    0.000000] **                                                      **
[    0.000000] ** If you see this message and you are not debugging    **
[    0.000000] ** the kernel, report this immediately to your vendor!  **
[    0.000000] **                                                      **
[    0.000000] **   NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE   **
[    0.000000] **********************************************************

Shouldn't this be replaced with one of pr_*() variants instead?

Thanks

--
Qais Yousef