RE: [PATCH 1/1] Staging: hv: Move the mouse driver out of staging

From: KY Srinivasan
Date: Sun Oct 30 2011 - 12:17:15 EST




> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Carpenter [mailto:dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Saturday, October 29, 2011 2:33 AM
> To: Jesper Juhl
> Cc: KY Srinivasan; dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx; jkosina@xxxxxxx;
> gregkh@xxxxxxx; ohering@xxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx; joe@xxxxxxxxxxx; devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] Staging: hv: Move the mouse driver out of staging
>
> On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 12:54:34AM +0200, Jesper Juhl wrote:
> > > + default:
> > > + pr_err("unhandled packet type %d, tid %llx len
> %d\n",
> > > + desc->type,
> > > + req_id,
> > > + bytes_recvd);
> >
> > Why not:
> >
> > pr_err("unhandled packet type %d, tid %llx
> > len %d\n", desc->type, req_id, bytes_recvd);
>
> Because then the printk would be messed up? Your final printed
> string would look like:
>
> "unhandled packet type %d, tid %llx
> len %d\n"
>
> Don't break strings up across lines because it breaks grep. If K. Y.
> wants to put all the parameters on one line instead of three that
> would probably be better, but in the end who cares?
>
Thanks Dan.

Regards,

K. Y


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