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 <mr.yog...@gmail.com> --- 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*\(/) { -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/