[PATCH 2/2] arm: omap: gpmc-smsc911x: minor style fixes

Igor Grinberg grinberg at compulab.co.il
Tue Apr 26 11:48:07 EDT 2011


On 04/26/11 17:49, Menon, Nishanth wrote:

> On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 09:40, Igor Grinberg <grinberg at compulab.co.il> wrote:
>> Hi Nishanth,
>>
>> On 04/26/11 16:45, Menon, Nishanth wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 09:50, Igor Grinberg <grinberg at compulab.co.il> wrote:
>>>> replace "printk(KERN_ERR" by "pr_err("
>>>> and fix needlessly multi-lined #ifdef
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Igor Grinberg <grinberg at compulab.co.il>
>>>> ---
>>>>  arch/arm/mach-omap2/gpmc-smsc911x.c             |   14 +++++++-------
>>>>  arch/arm/plat-omap/include/plat/gpmc-smsc911x.h |    3 +--
>>>>  2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/gpmc-smsc911x.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/gpmc-smsc911x.c
>>>> index d30293a..b45efff 100644
>>>> --- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/gpmc-smsc911x.c
>>>> +++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/gpmc-smsc911x.c
>>> minor suggestion: wont using pr_fmt help to reduce the need to add %s,
>>> __func__ for pr_err through out the file?
>> I don't understand of what "need" are you talking about.
>> I don't know of any need to add "%s, __func__" with pr_fmt...
>> I've added "%s, __func__" as a meter of choice.
>> IMO, it makes it easier to parse the dmesg output.
>> If anyone objects it, I can remove them,
>> but I think both pr_fmt and __func__ are nice here and
>> way better then "printk(KERN_*" with embedded "smsc911x".
> Allow me to rephrase.
> I like the change of printk->pr_err - thanks for doing it. just
> suggesting a minor improvement
>
> if you add the following line before the #includes
> #define pr_fmt(fmt) "%s: " fmt, __func__
> then
> -               printk(KERN_ERR "Failed to request GPIO%d for smsc911x IRQ\n",
> -                               gpmc_cfg->gpio_irq);
> +               pr_err("%s: Failed to request IRQ GPIO%d\n", __func__,
> +                      gpmc_cfg->gpio_irq);
> becomes,
> -               printk(KERN_ERR "Failed to request GPIO%d for smsc911x IRQ\n",
> -                               gpmc_cfg->gpio_irq);
> +               pr_err("Failed to request IRQ GPIO%d\n", gpmc_cfg->gpio_irq);
>
> Both give you exactly the output you would like to see (which I
> personally prefer as well), but the second could be lesser lines of
> code change ;)

Ahh, now I understand, that can be useful indeed.
I'll send a v2...

Thanks

-- 
Regards,
Igor.




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