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SubjectRe: [PATCH] ACPI: small formatting fixes
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On Tue, 2016-12-13 at 00:08 +0100, Pavel Machek wrote:
> On Mon 2016-12-12 14:32:12, Joe Perches wrote:
> > On Mon, 2016-12-12 at 23:22 +0100, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > > On Mon 2016-12-12 10:39:15, Joe Perches wrote:
> > > > On Mon, 2016-12-12 at 09:56 -0800, Nick Desaulniers wrote:
> > > > > A quick cleanup that passes scripts/checkpatch.pl -f <file>.
> >
> > []
> > > > > diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/cstate.c b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/cstate.c
> >
> > []
> > > > It's generally better not to convert
> > > > these printk(KERN_DEBUG uses.
> > > >
> > > > There are behavior differences between
> > > > printk(KERN_DEBUG ...);
> > > > and
> > > > pr_debug(...);
> > > >
> > > > The first will always be emitted as long
> > > > as the console level is appropriate.
> > > >
> > > > The second depends on a #define DEBUG
> > > > before it gets emitted or a kernel
> > > > with CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG enabled and
> > > > this entry specifically enabled in the
> > > > control file.
> > >
> > > Hmm. Perhaps pr_debug should be called pr_c_debug() or something? This
> > > is rather nice trap.
> >
> > Yeah, I've suggested veriants like pr_always_debug (from 2009)
> > http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0910.0/00399.html
>
> I'd very much like to see it other way around.
>
> pr_err is equivalent to printk(KERN_ERR)
> pr_warn is equivalent to printk(KERN_WARN)

That bus left the station more than a decade ago.

> pr_debug _NOT_ beging equivalent to printk(KERN_DEBUG) is a trap :-(.

true

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