Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: prefer dev_( to dev_printk(KERN_

Joe Perches
2013-01-03T16:28:16Z

On Thu, 2013-01-03 at 10:08 +0000, Andy Whitcroft wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 02, 2013 at 04:06:34PM -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
> > Add YA check to printk style.
> >
> > dev_<level> uses are functions and generate smaller
> > object code than dev_printk(KERN_<LEVEL>.
[]
> > diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
[]
> > + if ($line =~ /\bdev_printk\s*\(\s*KERN_([A-Z]+)/) {
> > + my $orig = $1;
> > + my $level = lc($orig);
> > + $level = "warn" if ($level eq "warning");
> > + my $level2 = $level;
> > + $level2 = "dbg" if ($level eq "debug");
>
> Is there some sublty I am not seeing here such that level2 is necessary?

No, your vision is 20/20, it's not necessary.

It was a copy/paste from the pr_<level> conversion above it
where 2 styles to convert to (dev_dbg and pr_debug) are used.

Here there is just one form and your review is appreciated.
I'll submit a V2 later.