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From: dann frazier <dannf@hp.com>
To: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Thomas Mingarelli <thomas.mingarelli@hp.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 12/15] Construct status message w/ kasprintf and emit it with dev_info
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:38:43 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100728183843.GD22656@ldl.fc.hp.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1280274663-9160-13-git-send-email-dannf@hp.com>

On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 05:51:00PM -0600, dann frazier wrote:
> Constructing the string dynamically w/ kasprintf will make it easier to
> ifdef-out parts of it. Also, this is for a device, so let's use
> dev_info.

A coworker caught a silly mistake in this one - I missed
freeing the buf allocated by kasprintf.

Here's a fixed patch.



Construct status message w/ kasprintf and emit it with dev_info

Constructing the string dynamically w/ kasprintf will make it easier to
ifdef-out parts of it. Also, this is for a device, so let's use dev_info.
    
Signed-off-by: dann frazier <dannf@hp.com>

diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/hpwdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/hpwdt.c
index f46e4f2..f03078d 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/hpwdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/hpwdt.c
@@ -658,6 +658,7 @@ static int __devinit hpwdt_init_one(struct pci_dev *dev,
 					const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 {
 	int retval;
+	char *buf;
 
 	/*
 	 * Check if we can do NMI sourcing or not
@@ -741,14 +742,17 @@ static int __devinit hpwdt_init_one(struct pci_dev *dev,
 		goto error_misc_register;
 	}
 
-	printk(KERN_INFO
-		"hp Watchdog Timer Driver: %s"
-		", timer margin: %d seconds (nowayout=%d)"
-		", allow kernel dump: %s (default = 0/OFF)"
-		", priority: %s (default = 0/LAST).\n",
-		HPWDT_VERSION, soft_margin, nowayout,
-		(allow_kdump == 0) ? "OFF" : "ON",
-		(priority == 0) ? "LAST" : "FIRST");
+	buf = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "hp Watchdog Timer Driver: %s"
+			", timer margin: %d seconds (nowayout=%d)"
+			", allow kernel dump: %s (default = 0/OFF)"
+			", priority: %s (default = 0/LAST)",
+			HPWDT_VERSION, soft_margin, nowayout,
+			(allow_kdump == 0) ? "OFF" : "ON",
+			(priority == 0) ? "LAST" : "FIRST");
+	if (!buf)
+		goto error_nomem;
+	dev_info(&dev->dev, "%s.\n", buf);
+	kfree(buf);
 
 	return 0;
 
@@ -761,6 +765,7 @@ error_get_cru:
 	pci_iounmap(dev, pci_mem_addr);
 error_pci_iomap:
 	pci_disable_device(dev);
+error_nomem:
 	return retval;
 }
 

  reply	other threads:[~2010-07-28 18:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-07-27 23:50 [PATCH 00/15] hpwdt: make NMI code a config option (+ other cleanup) dann frazier
2010-07-27 23:50 ` [PATCH 01/15] hpwdt_pretimeout reorganization dann frazier
2010-07-27 23:50 ` [PATCH 02/15] remove unnecessary includes dann frazier
2010-07-27 23:50 ` [PATCH 03/15] include spinlock.h dann frazier
2010-07-27 23:50 ` [PATCH 04/15] add include for linux/bitops.h dann frazier
2010-07-27 23:50 ` [PATCH 05/15] Group together includes specific to NMI sourcing dann frazier
2010-07-27 23:50 ` [PATCH 06/15] Group options that affect watchdog behavior together dann frazier
2010-07-27 23:50 ` [PATCH 07/15] Group defines only used by NMI sourcing together dann frazier
2010-07-27 23:50 ` [PATCH 08/15] Group declarations specific to " dann frazier
2010-07-27 23:50 ` [PATCH 09/15] Despecificate driver from iLO2 dann frazier
2010-08-04 20:13   ` Wim Van Sebroeck
2010-08-04 20:18     ` Mingarelli, Thomas
2010-08-05  5:10     ` dann frazier
2010-07-27 23:50 ` [PATCH 10/15] Fix a typo dann frazier
2010-07-27 23:50 ` [PATCH 11/15] Make x86 assembly ifdef guard more strict dann frazier
2010-07-27 23:51 ` [PATCH 12/15] Construct status message w/ kasprintf and emit it with dev_info dann frazier
2010-07-28 18:38   ` dann frazier [this message]
2010-07-27 23:51 ` [PATCH 13/15] Use "decoding" instead of "sourcing" dann frazier
2010-07-27 23:51 ` [PATCH 14/15] Make NMI decoding a compile-time option dann frazier
2010-07-27 23:51 ` [PATCH 15/15] Bump version to 1.2.0 dann frazier
2010-07-28 13:10 ` [PATCH 00/15] hpwdt: make NMI code a config option (+ other cleanup) Mingarelli, Thomas
2010-08-05 21:41 ` Wim Van Sebroeck
2010-08-06 21:26   ` Wim Van Sebroeck
2010-08-06 21:29     ` dann frazier
2010-08-11 12:49       ` Wim Van Sebroeck
2010-08-13  7:29         ` dann frazier

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