Re: [PATCH] hv: hv_fcopy: drop the obsolete message on transfer failure

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 09:03:26PM -0800, Dexuan Cui wrote:
> In the case the user-space daemon crashes, hangs or is killed, we
> need to down the semaphore, otherwise, after the daemon starts next
> time, the obsolete data in fcopy_transaction.message or
> fcopy_transaction.fcopy_msg will be used immediately.
> 
> Cc: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@microsoft.com>
> Signed-off-by: Dexuan Cui <decui@microsoft.com>
> ---
>  drivers/hv/hv_fcopy.c | 9 +++++++++
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/hv/hv_fcopy.c b/drivers/hv/hv_fcopy.c
> index 23b2ce2..177122a 100644
> --- a/drivers/hv/hv_fcopy.c
> +++ b/drivers/hv/hv_fcopy.c
> @@ -86,6 +86,15 @@ static void fcopy_work_func(struct work_struct *dummy)
>  	 * process the pending transaction.
>  	 */
>  	fcopy_respond_to_host(HV_E_FAIL);
> +
> +	/* In the case the user-space daemon crashes, hangs or is killed, we
> +	 * need to down the semaphore, otherwise, after the daemon starts next
> +	 * time, the obsolete data in fcopy_transaction.message or
> +	 * fcopy_transaction.fcopy_msg will be used immediately.
> +	 */
> +	if (down_trylock(&fcopy_transaction.read_sema))
> +		pr_debug("FCP: failed to acquire the semaphore\n");

Why is "FCP:" needed?  pr_debug() should never need any type of prefix.

Please fix.

thanks,

greg k-h