From: Ted Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
To: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: joe@perches.com, adilger.kernel@dilger.ca,
linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/9] ext4: Use pr_fmt and pr_<level>
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 11:31:34 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120319153133.GA2502@thunk.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120319.011211.89954160788757412.davem@davemloft.net>
On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 01:12:11AM -0400, David Miller wrote:
>
> It also allows you to modify pr_fmt at the top of the file or
> elsewhere and have it influence the output, as just one example
> of how it's better.
>
> As a maintainer you can only take one of two positions:
>
> 1) Accept all properly written patches that convert code over to use
> the new and recommended way of doing things, such as pr_info() et
> al.
Recommended by *who*?!? Who dictated that this is the best way to go?
And in the past we've always allowed for local variations of style;
it's never been a strict style nazism. Linus has always given
maintainers latitude and has frowned on patch churn for churn's sake.
For goodness sake we still have get_fs() and set_fs() in the kernel
code even though we haven't used the actual fs segment register in
over a decade.
And we're arguing over "there must be only one true logging
interface?!?". This isn't Highlander.
- Ted
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-03-19 15:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 70+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-03-16 0:07 [PATCH 0/9] ext4: Message logging corrections and neatening Joe Perches
2012-03-16 0:07 ` [PATCH 1/9] ext4: Add -DDEBUG to Makefile Joe Perches
2012-03-16 16:03 ` David Daney
2012-03-16 16:29 ` Joe Perches
2012-03-19 4:39 ` Ted Ts'o
2012-03-19 16:26 ` Joe Perches
2012-03-19 18:48 ` David Daney
2012-03-20 1:05 ` Ted Ts'o
2012-03-16 0:07 ` [PATCH 2/9] ext4: Use pr_fmt and pr_<level> Joe Perches
2012-03-19 4:09 ` Ted Ts'o
2012-03-19 4:14 ` David Miller
2012-03-19 4:34 ` Ted Ts'o
2012-03-19 5:12 ` David Miller
2012-03-19 15:31 ` Ted Ts'o [this message]
2012-03-19 15:51 ` Anca Emanuel
2012-03-19 16:14 ` Joe Perches
2012-03-19 16:14 ` Ted Ts'o
2012-03-19 18:14 ` David Miller
2012-03-19 18:31 ` Ted Ts'o
2012-03-19 18:46 ` Joe Perches
2012-03-20 1:04 ` Ted Ts'o
2012-03-20 1:33 ` Joe Perches
2012-03-20 1:47 ` Ted Ts'o
2012-03-20 1:59 ` Joe Perches
2012-03-20 2:58 ` Ted Ts'o
2012-03-20 3:02 ` Joe Perches
2012-03-20 5:46 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2012-03-20 7:10 ` David Miller
2012-03-20 8:47 ` Jiri Slaby
2012-03-20 9:44 ` Joe Perches
2012-03-20 9:27 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2012-03-20 9:27 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2012-03-20 13:03 ` Ted Ts'o
2012-03-20 18:47 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2012-03-20 1:46 ` Al Viro
2012-03-19 17:53 ` David Miller
2012-03-19 4:25 ` Joe Perches
2012-03-19 4:36 ` Ted Ts'o
2012-03-19 16:46 ` Jiri Slaby
2012-03-19 17:09 ` Joe Perches
2012-03-19 17:36 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2012-03-19 17:44 ` Joe Perches
2012-03-20 1:06 ` Ted Ts'o
2012-03-20 1:28 ` david
2012-03-20 1:51 ` Joe Perches
2012-03-20 1:33 ` Joe Perches
2012-03-20 8:57 ` Jiri Slaby
2012-03-20 9:21 ` Joe Perches
2012-03-20 9:25 ` Jiri Slaby
2012-03-20 9:46 ` Joe Perches
2012-03-22 17:02 ` Jiri Slaby
2012-03-22 17:42 ` Joe Perches
2012-03-19 4:55 ` Ted Ts'o
2012-03-19 5:13 ` David Miller
2012-03-19 5:39 ` Joe Perches
2012-03-16 0:07 ` [PATCH 3/9] ext4: Fix indentation Joe Perches
2012-03-19 4:10 ` Ted Ts'o
2012-03-19 4:30 ` Joe Perches
2012-03-16 0:07 ` [PATCH 4/9] ext4: Add no_printk argument validation, fix fallout Joe Perches
2012-03-19 4:16 ` Ted Ts'o
2012-03-16 0:07 ` [PATCH 5/9] ext4: Avoid output message interleaving in ext4_error_<foo> Joe Perches
2012-03-19 4:51 ` Ted Ts'o
2012-03-16 0:07 ` [PATCH 6/9] ext4: Remove redundant "EXT4-fs: " from uses of ext4_msg Joe Perches
2012-03-19 4:13 ` Ted Ts'o
2012-03-16 0:07 ` [PATCH 7/9] ext4: Format neatening for easier grep Joe Perches
2012-03-19 4:26 ` Ted Ts'o
2012-03-19 4:30 ` Joe Perches
2012-03-16 0:07 ` [PATCH 8/9] ext4: Neaten ext4_error uses Joe Perches
2012-03-16 0:07 ` [PATCH 9/9] ext4: Rename ext4_warning to ext4_warn and ext4_error to ext4_err Joe Perches
2012-03-19 4:51 ` Ted Ts'o
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