This patch modifies warning message when printk is used in a patch.
It mentions to use subsystem_dbg instead of netdev_dbg as the first
preferred format of logging debug messages.
Signed-off-by: Yogesh Chaudhari <[email protected]>
---
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 464dcef..81e8273 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2799,7 +2799,7 @@ sub process {
my $level2 = $level;
$level2 = "dbg" if ($level eq "debug");
WARN("PREFER_PR_LEVEL",
- "Prefer netdev_$level2(netdev, ... then
dev_$level2(dev, ... then pr_$level(... to printk(KERN_$orig ...\n" .
$herecurr);
+ "Prefer [subsystem eg:
netdev]_$level2([subsystem]dev, ... then dev_$level2(dev, ... then
pr_$level(... to printk(KERN_$orig ...\n" . $herecurr);
}
if ($line =~ /\bpr_warning\s*\(/) {
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