[PATCH v1 2/2] mtd: spi-nor: hide flash name when the flash name does not exist

[Tudor Ambarus]

On 11/27/23 14:56, Michael Walle wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>>> > (null) will print when flash ID founded in ID table but
>>> > the flash name didn't include in it.
>>> >
>>> > Make info->name optional in the print for showing flash name
>>> > and flash size.
>>> >
>>> > Signed-off-by: JaimeLiao <jaimeliao at mxic.com.tw>
>>> > ---
>>> >  drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.c | 2 +-
>>> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>> >
>>> > diff --git a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.c b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.c
>>> > index 1c443fe568cf..73405bed2a5a 100644
>>> > --- a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.c
>>> > +++ b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.c
>>> > @@ -3518,7 +3518,7 @@ int spi_nor_scan(struct spi_nor *nor, const
>>> char > *name,
>>> >      /* No mtd_info fields should be used up to this point. */
>>> >      spi_nor_set_mtd_info(nor);
>>> >
>>> > -    dev_info(dev, "%s (%lld Kbytes)\n", info->name,
>>> > +    dev_info(dev, "%s (%lld Kbytes)\n", info->name ?: "",
>>>
>>> Maybe print the jedec id if the name is empty.
>>
>> What about always printing the jedec id if names aren't reliable
>> enough?
> 
> I'm fine with that, too. Actually I've considered that myself, but
> maybe Tudor or Pratyush want to keep the output backwards compatible.
> 

We won't remove the names for flashes that already have a name defined,
won't we? We just deprecate the name field and not use it anymore with
new flash additions. No backward compatibility problem.

BTW, that print should be lowered to dev_dbg, let's no longer pollute
the kernel log. Drivers should be quiet if all goes well.