Messages in this thread | | | From | "Winkler, Tomas" <> | Subject | RE: [PATCH] mei: remove dev_err message on an unsupported ioctl | Date | Tue, 27 Feb 2018 21:44:41 +0000 |
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> > On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 05:26:22PM +0000, Winkler, Tomas wrote: > > > > > > From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com> > > > > > > Currently the driver spams the kernel log on unsupported ioctls > > > which is unnecessary as the ioctl returns -ENOIOCTLCMD to indicate this > anyway. > > > I suspect this was originally for debugging purposes but it really > > > is not required so remove it. > > > > > > > This is rather strange as most of the legimit applications are using > > one IOCTL from kernel 3.0 Do you have any reference where this call is > originated from, frankly this is the first time I got such complain. > > > > In any case it would be maybe better to change it a warn once call. > > Just drop the message, it should not be this easy for userspace to spam the > kernel log. The patch looks fine to me. > Fair enough, add my ack too.
Still I'm curious if this comes from the field.
Thanks Tomas
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