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

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

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@linuxfoundation.org>:
> > 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@gmail.com>
> >> ---
> >> 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.

thanks,

greg k-h