netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/2] wifi: brcmfmac: Demote p2p unknown frame error to info (once)

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Date:   Mon, 17 Apr 2023 08:21:41 +0300
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@...nel.org>
To:     Hector Martin <marcan@...can.st>
Cc:     Arend van Spriel <aspriel@...il.com>,
        Franky Lin <franky.lin@...adcom.com>,
        Hante Meuleman <hante.meuleman@...adcom.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        "John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
        brcm80211-dev-list.pdl@...adcom.com,
        SHA-cyfmac-dev-list@...ineon.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, asahi@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] wifi: brcmfmac: Demote p2p unknown frame error to info (once)

Hector Martin <marcan@...can.st> writes:

> This one is also spooking people when they see it in their boot console.
> It's not fatal, so it shouldn't really be a noisy error.
>
> Fixes: 18e2f61db3b7 ("brcmfmac: P2P action frame tx.")
> Signed-off-by: Hector Martin <marcan@...can.st>
> ---
>  drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/p2p.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/p2p.c b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/p2p.c
> index d4492d02e4ea..071b0706d137 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/p2p.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/p2p.c
> @@ -1793,8 +1793,8 @@ bool brcmf_p2p_send_action_frame(struct brcmf_cfg80211_info *cfg,
>  		/* do not configure anything. it will be */
>  		/* sent with a default configuration     */
>  	} else {
> -		bphy_err(drvr, "Unknown Frame: category 0x%x, action 0x%x\n",
> -			 category, action);
> +		bphy_info_once(drvr, "Unknown Frame: category 0x%x, action 0x%x\n",
> +			       category, action);
>  		return false;
>  	}

What about changing this to a debug message so that it's not shown at
all in normal operation? I don't see what value this message gives to a
user.

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