Re: [PATCH] staging: unisys: Convert direct LOGERR uses to pr_err

[Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 08:55:21PM -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Sat, 2015-01-10 at 20:13 -0800, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 07:09:02PM -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
> > > Use the normal logging facility instead of a new macro.
> > > 
> > > Miscellanea:
> > > 
> > > o Realign arguments
> > > o Remove unnecessary alloc error messages as alloc failures
> > >   already emits a generic OOM message with a dump_stack
> > > o Add missing newlines to these messages to avoid interleaving
> > > o Spelling/typo fixes in those messages
> []
> > I rejected the other patch that did much this same thing, almost all of
> > these should be converted to use dev_* calls instead of pr_* calls, as
> > this is a driver, and drivers should always have access to a struct
> > device.  If not, they need to be fixed.
> 
> Baby steps.
> 
> This one prevents interleaving
> and fixes typos.

Yes, but converting it to dev_* at the same time saves a step, and gets
it done properly.  Leaving messages at pr_* levels takes away the
checkpatch warning, which makes the code "seem" to be acceptable.

sorry,

greg k-h