[PATCH v3 0/5] staging: vme_user: Remove printk's & clean up log messages

From: Soumya Negi
Date: Thu Oct 19 2023 - 21:55:31 EST


Staging driver vme_user has a bunch of printk() calls in vme.c which
triggers checkpatch warnings. Remove all printk's by either changing
them to the appropriate logging mechanism i.e dev_err()/dev_warn() or
by dropping the unneeded printk's.

Also, clean up the messages further by using __func__ in the string
instead of function names.

This patchset fixes all checkpatch warnings like:

WARNING: Prefer [subsystem eg: netdev]_err([subsystem]dev, ... then
dev_err(dev, ... then pr_err(... to printk(KERN_ERR ...
&
WARNING: Prefer using '"%s...", __func__' to using 'vme_lm_get',
this function's name, in a string

Patches must be applied in order.

Changes in v3:
1. Patch 1: Use only dev_err() to replace printk(). v2 replaced some
of the printk's using pr_err(). Leave the calls as printk's. New
patches added in v3 handle these printk's.
(as per feedback from gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
2. Added Patch 3: Remove unneeded printk.
(suggested by gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
3. Added Patch 4: Remove NULL-checks for bridge device & resource.
Corresponding printk's(part of the check blocks) are removed too.
(as per feedback from gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
4. Added Patch 5: Replace printk with dev_err() in vme_check_window()
Since vme_check_window() doesn't have access to bridge device, pass
the bridge pointer to it.
(suggested by gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
5. Edit cover letter subject & body according to patches added in v3.

Changes in v2:
1. Correct "cleanup" to "clean up" in cover letter. (as per feedback
from julia.lawall@xxxxxxxx)
2. Patch 1: Change the pr_*() calls used to replace printk's in v1 to
dev_*() wherever possible, as it adds more context to the messages.
(as per feedback from julia.lawall@xxxxxxxx &
gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)

Soumya Negi (5):
staging: vme_user: Replace printk() with dev_*()
staging: vme_user: Use __func__ instead of function name
staging: vme_user: Remove printk() in find_bridge()
staging: vme_user: Remove NULL-checks
staging: vme_user: Use dev_err() in vme_check_window()

drivers/staging/vme_user/vme.c | 222 ++++++++++++++++-----------------
drivers/staging/vme_user/vme.h | 4 +-
2 files changed, 108 insertions(+), 118 deletions(-)

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