Re: [PATCH v3 2/3] megaraid_sas : use dev_printk when possible

From: Bjorn Helgaas
Date: Wed Jul 08 2015 - 09:28:35 EST


On Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 5:47 AM, Hannes Reinecke <hare@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 07/07/2015 10:52 PM, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
>> Use dev_printk() when possible to make messages more useful.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_base.c | 304 +++++++++++++--------------
>> drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_fusion.c | 95 ++++----
>> 2 files changed, 196 insertions(+), 203 deletions(-)
>>
> [ .. ]
>> @@ -1873,8 +1872,8 @@ static int megasas_get_ld_vf_affiliation_111(struct megasas_instance *instance,
>> cmd = megasas_get_cmd(instance);
>>
>> if (!cmd) {
>> - printk(KERN_DEBUG "megasas: megasas_get_ld_vf_affiliation_111:"
>> - "Failed to get cmd for scsi%d.\n",
>> + dev_printk(KERN_DEBUG, &instance->pdev->dev, "megasas_get_ld_vf_affiliation_111:"
>> + "Failed to get cmd for scsi%d\n",
>> instance->host->host_no);
>> return -ENOMEM;
>> }
> Makes one wonder why we don't have a 'dev_debug'; dev_notice() and
> dev_warn() are there ...

There actually is a 'dev_dbg()' but when CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG is set,
I think dev_dbg() generates no output by default. So to preserve the
previous behavior of "this message always appears in the dmesg log no
matter what the dynamic debug setting," I used dev_printk(KERN_DEBUG).

Somebody who maintains these drivers could probably go through and
convert these to either dev_info() or dev_dbg() depending on what they
need. That would require more judgment than I wanted to get into :)

Thanks for taking a look at these!

Bjorn
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