Re: [RFC PATCH 01/10] scsi/constants: Cleanup printk message in __scsi_print_sense()

Yoshihiro YUNOMAE
2014-08-13T03:14:37Z

Hi Elliot,

Thank you for your comment.

(2014/08/12 23:51), Elliott, Robert (Server Storage) wrote:
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org [mailto:linux-scsi-
>> owner@vger.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Yoshihiro YUNOMAE
>> Sent: Friday, 08 August, 2014 6:50 AM
> ...
>> Subject: [RFC PATCH 01/10] scsi/constants: Cleanup printk message in
>> __scsi_print_sense()
>>
>> A device name is output like "sda: Sense Key : Medium Error [current]"
>> in __scsi_print_sense(), but it should be "[sda] Sense Key : Medium Error
>> [current]" because other printk messages output a device name like "[sda]
>> foo."
>>
> ...
>> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/constants.c b/drivers/scsi/constants.c
>> index c6a7a4a..a0e8159 100644
>> --- a/drivers/scsi/constants.c
>> +++ b/drivers/scsi/constants.c
>> @@ -1470,7 +1470,7 @@ void __scsi_print_sense(struct scsi_device *sdev,
>> const char *name,
>> return;
>> }
>>
>> - sdev_printk(KERN_INFO, sdev, "%s: Sense Key : %s %s%s\n", name,
>> + sdev_printk(KERN_INFO, sdev, "[%s] Sense Key : %s %s%s\n", name,
>> scsi_sense_key_string(sshdr.sense_key),
>> scsi_sense_type_string(&sshdr),
>> scsi_sense_format_string(&sshdr));
>>
>
>
> The callers of __scsi_print_sense do not always pass in a name
> like "sda". In fact, sd.c doesn't even call that function; its
> sd_print_sense_hdr calls sd_printk (which prints name as "[%s]")
> and scsi_show_sense_hdr.

OK, I understood.
Current Linux kernel also outputs "<name>:" in __scsi_print_sense(),
so we should not change this.

Thanks,
Yoshihiro YUNOMOAE

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Yoshihiro YUNOMAE
Software Platform Research Dept. Linux Technology Center
Hitachi, Ltd., Yokohama Research Laboratory
E-mail: yoshihiro.yunomae.ez@hitachi.com