Re: [lm-sensors] [Patch-next]therm_throt.c: Trival fix for a unsuitable abbreviation of thermal.

[Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>]

On Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:52:56 +0900, Jin Dongming wrote:
> In unexpected_thermal_interrupt(), "LVT TMR interrupt" is used
> in error message.
> 
> I don't think TMR is a suitable abbreviation for thermal.
>   1.TMR has been used in IA32 Architectures Software Developer's
>     Manual, and is the abbreviation for Trigger Mode Register.
>   2.There is not an standard abbreviation "TMR" defined for thermal
>     in IA32 Architectures Software Developer's Manual.
>   3.Though we could understand it as Thermal Monitor Register, it is
>     easy to be misunderstood as a *TIMER* interrupt also.
> 
> I think this patch will fix it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jin Dongming <jin.dongming@np.css.fujitsu.com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/therm_throt.c |    2 +-
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/therm_throt.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/therm_throt.c
> index d9368ee..2f9f468 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/therm_throt.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/therm_throt.c
> @@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ static void intel_thermal_interrupt(void)
>  
>  static void unexpected_thermal_interrupt(void)
>  {
> -	printk(KERN_ERR "CPU%d: Unexpected LVT TMR interrupt!\n",
> +	printk(KERN_ERR "CPU%d: Unexpected LVT Thermal Interrupt!\n",
>  			smp_processor_id());
>  	add_taint(TAINT_MACHINE_CHECK);
>  }

I see no good reason to upper-case the first letter of each word. This
is a kernel log message, not a movie title.

Other than that, I agree with your proposal.


-- 
Jean Delvare