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Subject[PATCH 9/9] UML - Change printf to printk in console driver
DateWed, 18 May 2005 00:20:34 -0400
FromJeff Dike <>
From Al Viro - we have error messages with KERN_ERR in them, so they
should be printk-ed rather than printf-ed.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com>

Index: linux-2.6.12-rc/arch/um/drivers/chan_kern.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.12-rc.orig/arch/um/drivers/chan_kern.c	2005-05-17 18:02:25.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.6.12-rc/arch/um/drivers/chan_kern.c	2005-05-17 18:27:15.000000000 -0400
@@ -20,9 +20,17 @@
 #include "os.h"
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NOCONFIG_CHAN
+
+/* The printk's here are wrong because we are complaining that there is no
+ * output device, but printk is printing to that output device.  The user will 
+ * never see the error.  printf would be better, except it can't run on a 
+ * kernel stack because it will overflow it.  
+ * Use printk for now since that will avoid crashing.
+ */
+
 static void *not_configged_init(char *str, int device, struct chan_opts *opts)
 {
-	printf(KERN_ERR "Using a channel type which is configured out of "
+	printk(KERN_ERR "Using a channel type which is configured out of "
 	       "UML\n");
 	return(NULL);
 }
@@ -30,27 +38,27 @@ static void *not_configged_init(char *st
 static int not_configged_open(int input, int output, int primary, void *data,
 			      char **dev_out)
 {
-	printf(KERN_ERR "Using a channel type which is configured out of "
+	printk(KERN_ERR "Using a channel type which is configured out of "
 	       "UML\n");
 	return(-ENODEV);
 }
 
 static void not_configged_close(int fd, void *data)
 {
-	printf(KERN_ERR "Using a channel type which is configured out of "
+	printk(KERN_ERR "Using a channel type which is configured out of "
 	       "UML\n");
 }
 
 static int not_configged_read(int fd, char *c_out, void *data)
 {
-	printf(KERN_ERR "Using a channel type which is configured out of "
+	printk(KERN_ERR "Using a channel type which is configured out of "
 	       "UML\n");
 	return(-EIO);
 }
 
 static int not_configged_write(int fd, const char *buf, int len, void *data)
 {
-	printf(KERN_ERR "Using a channel type which is configured out of "
+	printk(KERN_ERR "Using a channel type which is configured out of "
 	       "UML\n");
 	return(-EIO);
 }
@@ -58,7 +66,7 @@ static int not_configged_write(int fd, c
 static int not_configged_console_write(int fd, const char *buf, int len,
 				       void *data)
 {
-	printf(KERN_ERR "Using a channel type which is configured out of "
+	printk(KERN_ERR "Using a channel type which is configured out of "
 	       "UML\n");
 	return(-EIO);
 }
@@ -66,7 +74,7 @@ static int not_configged_console_write(i
 static int not_configged_window_size(int fd, void *data, unsigned short *rows,
 				     unsigned short *cols)
 {
-	printf(KERN_ERR "Using a channel type which is configured out of "
+	printk(KERN_ERR "Using a channel type which is configured out of "
 	       "UML\n");
 	return(-ENODEV);
 }
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