Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 10 Apr 2017 15:02:14 +0100 | From | Juri Lelli <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v3 6/9] drivers: remove useless comment from base/arch_topology.c |
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Hi,
On 10/04/17 14:51, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote: > On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 02:18:22PM +0100, Juri Lelli wrote: > > Printing out an error message when we failed to get the cpu device is > > not helping anyone. Remove it. > > (1) the subject line talks about removing a "comment" but you're > actually removing an error printk > (2) I don't think it's "not helping anyone", although the description > above doesn't say _why_ - it's reporting the lack of a missing CPU > device that we expect to be present. If it's not present, then > we're not going to end up with the cpu capacity attribute, and the > error message answers the "why is that sysfs file missing" question.
That's the same I was thinking when I put the error message there in the first place. But, then Greg didn't seem to like it.
> > I think a better commit message is needed for this change. >
We could just skip this patch entirely. Or, of course, I can easily update the commit message.
Which way is to be preferred?
Thanks,
- Juri
> > > > Signed-off-by: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@arm.com> > > --- > > drivers/base/arch_topology.c | 6 ++---- > > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/drivers/base/arch_topology.c b/drivers/base/arch_topology.c > > index c33482121b7d..b24d9a2af2c5 100644 > > --- a/drivers/base/arch_topology.c > > +++ b/drivers/base/arch_topology.c > > @@ -81,11 +81,9 @@ static int register_cpu_capacity_sysctl(void) > > > > for_each_possible_cpu(i) { > > cpu = get_cpu_device(i); > > - if (!cpu) { > > - pr_err("%s: too early to get CPU%d device!\n", > > - __func__, i); > > + if (!cpu) > > continue; > > - } > > + > > device_create_file(cpu, &dev_attr_cpu_capacity); > > } > > > > -- > > 2.10.0 > > > > -- > RMK's Patch system: http://www.armlinux.org.uk/developer/patches/ > FTTC broadband for 0.8mile line: currently at 9.6Mbps down 400kbps up > according to speedtest.net.
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