Re: [PATCH 6/8 V2] staging: dgap: remove unneeded dgap_err()

From: DaeSeok Youn
Date: Wed Jul 16 2014 - 20:44:47 EST


2014-07-17 3:47 GMT+09:00 Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 06:26:17PM +0900, DaeSeok Youn wrote:
>> 2014-07-16 8:50 GMT+09:00 Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> > On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 08:21:30AM +0900, DaeSeok Youn wrote:
>> >> Hi,
>> >>
>> >> 2014-07-16 0:29 GMT+09:00 Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> >> > On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 06:11:44PM +0900, Daeseok Youn wrote:
>> >> >> The dgap_err() is printing a message with pr_err(),
>> >> >> so all those are replaced.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Use definition "pr_fmt" and then all of "dgap:" in
>> >> >> the beginning of print messages are removed.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> And also removed "out of memory" message because
>> >> >> the kernel has own message for that.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Signed-off-by: Daeseok Youn <daeseok.youn@xxxxxxxxx>
>> >> >> ---
>> >> >> V2: use pr_fmt "dgap:" prefix on print message on dgap.
>> >> >> remove "out of memory" message.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Adds Mark to TO list and CC list for checking send
>> >> >> this email properly to him.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> drivers/staging/dgap/dgap.c | 306 +++++++++++++++++++------------------------
>> >> >> 1 files changed, 133 insertions(+), 173 deletions(-)
>> >> >>
>> >> >> diff --git a/drivers/staging/dgap/dgap.c b/drivers/staging/dgap/dgap.c
>> >> >> index 06c55cb..9e750fb 100644
>> >> >> --- a/drivers/staging/dgap/dgap.c
>> >> >> +++ b/drivers/staging/dgap/dgap.c
>> >> >> @@ -41,6 +41,8 @@
>> >> >> */
>> >> >> #undef DIGI_CONCENTRATORS_SUPPORTED
>> >> >>
>> >> >> +#define pr_fmt(fmt) "dgap: " fmt
>> >> >> +
>> >> >> #include <linux/kernel.h>
>> >> >> #include <linux/module.h>
>> >> >> #include <linux/pci.h>
>> >> >> @@ -153,7 +155,6 @@ static void dgap_firmware_reset_port(struct channel_t *ch);
>> >> >> static int dgap_gettok(char **in);
>> >> >> static char *dgap_getword(char **in);
>> >> >> static int dgap_checknode(struct cnode *p);
>> >> >> -static void dgap_err(char *s);
>> >> >>
>> >> >> /*
>> >> >> * Function prototypes from dgap_sysfs.h
>> >> >> @@ -815,7 +816,7 @@ static struct board_t *dgap_found_board(struct pci_dev *pdev, int id,
>> >> >> if (ret)
>> >> >> goto free_brd;
>> >> >>
>> >> >> - pr_info("dgap: board %d: %s (rev %d), irq %ld\n",
>> >> >> + pr_info("board %d: %s (rev %d), irq %ld\n",
>> >> >> boardnum, brd->name, brd->rev, brd->irq);
>> >> >
>> >> > Almost all of the pr_*() calls in this driver should be converted over
>> >> > to use dev_*() calls instead. And some of them, like this one, should
>> >> > be removed entirely (no need for a driver to be "noisy" when a device
>> >> > for it is found, it should be quiet if at all possible, unless something
>> >> > went wrong.)
>> >> >
>> >> > So can you do that here instead? I've applied the earlier patches in
>> >> > this series, and stopped here.
>> >> OK. I can. pr_*() calls are replaced with dev_*() calls.
>> >> And also removes some of print message which are useless like "out
>> >> of memory"
>> >
>> > Yes, please do that, that would be great.
>> I have been working to change pr_*() to dev_*(), but dgap_parse() has no
>> "struct device" for using dev_*(). If dgap_parse still need for this driver,
>> it need to take a parameter for using dev_*(), it may be "pdev" but
>> configuration
>> file doesn't need to parse in kernel at all, dgap_parse() will be removed.
>
> For now keep the parsing code, and find a device to use, there should be
> one somewhere, as it is a driver :)
OK. find a device to use for dev_*() and makes a patch for this.

thanks.

regards,
Daeseok Youn.
>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h
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