From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1161587Ab2CSQOc (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 Mar 2012 12:14:32 -0400 Received: from li9-11.members.linode.com ([67.18.176.11]:47041 "EHLO test.thunk.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1161624Ab2CSQO1 (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 Mar 2012 12:14:27 -0400 Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 12:14:25 -0400 From: "Ted Ts'o" To: Anca Emanuel Cc: David Miller , joe@perches.com, adilger.kernel@dilger.ca, linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/9] ext4: Use pr_fmt and pr_ Message-ID: <20120319161425.GB2502@thunk.org> Mail-Followup-To: Ted Ts'o , Anca Emanuel , David Miller , joe@perches.com, adilger.kernel@dilger.ca, linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20120319040950.GG31682@thunk.org> <20120319.001430.1735750114727679638.davem@davemloft.net> <20120319043420.GL31682@thunk.org> <20120319.011211.89954160788757412.davem@davemloft.net> <20120319153133.GA2502@thunk.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: tytso@thunk.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on test.thunk.org); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 05:51:17PM +0200, Anca Emanuel wrote: > Ted Ts'o: this effort is like BKL remove, ok, not like that. > In 5 years, to have an standard. Mmm, maybe, less. > > Joe, prease remind to all one more time your goal, and the benefits. Getting rid of the BKL had real, user-visible benefits. Invoking a war on printk has no real-world benefits. It's about the same utility as fixing "colour" to be "color" because people think standardized spelling is somehow critically important. Guess what? The world will keep spinning and users will not notice the difference if we use printk vs. pr_info - Ted