Re: [PATCH 1/2] staging: vme_user: Replace printk() with pr_*(),dev_*()

[Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Tue, Oct 17, 2023 at 09:36:32PM -0700, Soumya Negi wrote:
> vme.c uses printk() to log messages. To improve and standardize message
> formatting, use logging mechanisms pr_err()/pr_warn() and
> dev_err()/dev_warn() instead. Retain the printk log levels of the
> messages during replacement.
> 
> Issue found by checkpatch.pl
> 
> Signed-off-by: Soumya Negi <soumya.negi97@gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/vme_user/vme.c | 175 ++++++++++++++++++---------------
>  1 file changed, 94 insertions(+), 81 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/vme_user/vme.c b/drivers/staging/vme_user/vme.c
> index 6519a7c994a0..e8c2c1e77b7d 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/vme_user/vme.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/vme_user/vme.c
> @@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
>   * Copyright 2004 Motorola Inc.
>   */
>  
> +#define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt

No, this is a driver, as others have pointed out, always use dev_*()
calls instead.

Yes, that means that sometimes you do need to propagate the proper
device to the function, but that's ok, it's the correct solution here.

thanks,

greg k-h