From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from bombadil.infradead.org (bombadil.infradead.org [198.137.202.133]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F2404CD4851 for ; Thu, 14 May 2026 10:38:21 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lists.infradead.org; s=bombadil.20210309; h=Sender:List-Subscribe:List-Help :List-Post:List-Archive:List-Unsubscribe:List-Id:In-Reply-To:Content-Type: MIME-Version:References:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:Reply-To: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date: Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Owner; bh=Yhy6NkQ+2FEgUIJ0c+IiCdunWdCMtL85smnQd+5uq+A=; b=LizAU+HHF3WnSa5vTs2MX4gT/I BR9QVcjhYUKFKx4HoAbZoHEmv7Rst9JK/cnUfHrOrGpoe5Q638Dgy0j543RVsU0CzSjOqVm2jZ0q8 7Kme27xK0akZk4DLmzBbJPoz3/1t3zv6Ajup1UjjnvfoJa9XP0K/JalOG4ni6d4gMdVNqNSvjGBSd wdg9wup61oN+KEnz/4seFu4OSczQtUkymc+3mQDy3KXPArXgi0S2RM8CZS7dY3prJl8ZOmlE2qZD4 V/vzkls3JIrTDhxTKF58kXPL2asnqINkQeBf15jmLk63a2aa2j842YA2UnpIcsjbVXpC42wwr6PuF 3czZrDdA==; Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=bombadil.infradead.org) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.99.1 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1wNTSK-00000005DTB-0ETv; Thu, 14 May 2026 10:38:16 +0000 Received: from sea.source.kernel.org ([172.234.252.31]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.99.1 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1wNTSH-00000005DSP-1bFY for linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org; Thu, 14 May 2026 10:38:14 +0000 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (transwarp.subspace.kernel.org [100.75.92.58]) by sea.source.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8AB4740AB0; Thu, 14 May 2026 10:38:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id D05ABC2BCB3; Thu, 14 May 2026 10:38:08 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1778755092; bh=6KuqpnKj9sobxjDeqvX+sSPZ/QSHETFRdP4dGEBM9Kk=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=CP2+Q6k+vOdNmZMCBg/czK3/XTzKq0VLFIDXnQfI8q1f+VEZYn5dEFbuxpbhMVrKZ LcDgW9pgW31NqQNAkn7M4q9P5MWsdEG75eNTJNuHXQu3VLIt8HrPHm/up/QrlZ3mY0 fzPYe8svCetFMPVLD/SM0Yi3iVTZb0iVGk8XokfoS+fbK6L+SHkBqDT/iorLvpG0GL PQ5KaPxmJRTwQgTrA9hbLpPyHj25xksmDOIASEbpj14sISdX9+X/KOJo2yX7u0wUjc feFwDC2Dyev2jez7STICOVKK3blTa65kRGL11nWgCmZE1UFBSxg9fUCpd+b1OWCmNb jxpZVrv2QQt9w== Date: Thu, 14 May 2026 11:38:06 +0100 From: Sudeep Holla To: Greg Kroah-Hartman Cc: Guenter Roeck , Andy Shevchenko , Alex Tran , Sudeep Holla , Jyoti Bhayana , Jonathan Cameron , David Lechner , Nuno =?iso-8859-1?Q?S=E1?= , Andy Shevchenko , Cristian Marussi , Linus Walleij , "Rafael J. Wysocki" , Philipp Zabel , Viresh Kumar , linux-iio@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, arm-scmi@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-gpio@vger.kernel.org, linux-pm@vger.kernel.org, linux-hwmon@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] scmi: Log client subsystem entity counts Message-ID: <20260514-finicky-acoustic-flounder-2dd405@sudeepholla> References: <20260513-scmi-client-probe-log-v1-0-00b47b1be009@oss.qualcomm.com> <1f2fb1de-ebc8-40ef-ac53-3348499295e3@roeck-us.net> <2026051441-agreed-suffice-bbe1@gregkh> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <2026051441-agreed-suffice-bbe1@gregkh> X-CRM114-Version: 20100106-BlameMichelson ( TRE 0.9.0 (BSD) ) MR-646709E3 X-CRM114-CacheID: sfid-20260514_033813_439199_4D2D554F X-CRM114-Status: GOOD ( 18.89 ) X-BeenThere: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: "linux-arm-kernel" Errors-To: linux-arm-kernel-bounces+linux-arm-kernel=archiver.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org On Thu, May 14, 2026 at 08:48:19AM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > On Wed, May 13, 2026 at 11:27:21AM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote: > > On 5/13/26 11:02, Andy Shevchenko wrote: > > > +Greg (I believe the trend is to drop such messages and not add them [back]?) > > > > > > > Is there some common guidance on this ? I'd be all for dropping messages > > instead of adding them, but there seems to be a perpetual battle between > > people who want to log everything and people concerned about logging noise. > > As maintainer I always seem to be stuck between those two camps. > > When drivers work properly, they should be quiet. This patch series > adds a bunch of dev_info() calls, which is not ok. If a developer wants > to see extra messages, use the dev_dbg() infrastructure, or the tracing > infrastructure, both of which are there for this very reason. > I completely agree and tend to follow that. But I always assumed it was left to maintainers taste. > So yes, I agree with Andy, this series is not ok, don't make more noise > please. > I am now thinking if [1] was the one setting example for this series. I did ack it as I left it to the subsystem maintainer's choice(in this case author as well). -- Regards, Sudeep [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260304101457.7470-1-ulf.hansson@linaro.org/