Re: [Outreachy kernel] [PATCH v2] Staging: rtl8192u: Replace printk() with pr_debug()

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 08:56:19PM +0100, Ksenija Stanojevic wrote:
> For dynamic debugging pr_debug() macro is preferred over printk(), which
> is the raw way to print something. Issue found by checkpatch.pl.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ksenija Stanojevic <ksenija.stanojevic@gmail.com>
> ---
> v2: include only changes made to this file.
> 
>  drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/ieee80211_crypt_wep.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/ieee80211_crypt_wep.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/ieee80211_crypt_wep.c
> index 8c1bf1f..7fab680 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/ieee80211_crypt_wep.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/ieee80211_crypt_wep.c
> @@ -49,14 +49,14 @@ static void *prism2_wep_init(int keyidx)
>  
>  	priv->tx_tfm = crypto_alloc_blkcipher("ecb(arc4)", 0, CRYPTO_ALG_ASYNC);
>  	if (IS_ERR(priv->tx_tfm)) {
> -		printk(KERN_DEBUG "ieee80211_crypt_wep: could not allocate "
> +		pr_debug("ieee80211_crypt_wep: could not allocate "
>  		       "crypto API arc4\n");
>  		priv->tx_tfm = NULL;
>  		goto fail;
>  	}
>  	priv->rx_tfm = crypto_alloc_blkcipher("ecb(arc4)", 0, CRYPTO_ALG_ASYNC);
>  	if (IS_ERR(priv->rx_tfm)) {
> -		printk(KERN_DEBUG "ieee80211_crypt_wep: could not allocate "
> +		pr_debug("ieee80211_crypt_wep: could not allocate "
>  		       "crypto API arc4\n");

Please use net_dbg() instead

thanks,

greg k-h