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From: Andries Brouwer <Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl>
To: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@zip.com.au>,
	kernel list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Rusty trivial patch monkey Russell  <trivial@rustcorp.com.au>,
	Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl
Subject: Re: sddr09: don't hide real errors in debug prints
Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2004 21:14:10 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20041004191410.GA22683@apps.cwi.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20041004161351.GA4757@elf.ucw.cz>

On Mon, Oct 04, 2004 at 06:13:51PM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote:

> sddr09 hides in debug prints. That seems wrong and this fixes
> it. Please apply,
> 									Pavel
> 
> --- tmp/linux/drivers/usb/storage/sddr09.c	2004-10-01 00:30:20.000000000 +0200
> +++ linux/drivers/usb/storage/sddr09.c	2004-10-01 00:47:53.000000000 +0200
> @@ -370,7 +371,7 @@
>  	result = sddr09_send_scsi_command(us, command, 12);
>  
>  	if (result != USB_STOR_TRANSPORT_GOOD) {
> -		US_DEBUGP("Result for send_control in sddr09_read2%d %d\n",
> +		printk(KERN_WARNING "Error in send_control in sddr09_read2%d %d\n",
>  			  x, result);
>  		return result;
>  	}

Hmm. I have no serious objections -- this is just a little kernel bloat,
but on the other hand, I don't see the point. Why do you want a printk
when some intermediate routine passes an error from a lower level
to a higher level?

When debugging that may be useful. But otherwise?


Andries

      reply	other threads:[~2004-10-04 19:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-10-04 16:13 sddr09: don't hide real errors in debug prints Pavel Machek
2004-10-04 19:14 ` Andries Brouwer [this message]

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