Re: [PATCH] gsmi: replace printk with relevant dev_<level>

From: Saiyam Doshi
Date: Fri Jun 14 2019 - 14:21:09 EST


On Fri, Jun 14, 2019 at 08:09:19AM +0200, Greg KH wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 14, 2019 at 12:27:05AM +0530, Saiyam Doshi wrote:
> > Replace printk() with dev_* macros for logging consistency.
> > In process of replacing printk with dev_err, dev_info etc.,
> > removed unnecessary "out of memory" debug message.
>
> That is multiple things done in the same patch, please break this up
> into a patch series, only doing one "logical" thing per patch.

Agreed. I could have broken it into patch set.

> Note, generic cleanup patches like this are tough to get done in the
> "real" part of the kernel, I strongly recommend you start out in
> drivers/staging/ where these types of changes are welcomed. Get
> experience there and then move out into other areas of the kernel if you
> want to, that way you don't annoy developers/maintainers with basic
> errors like this.
>
> good luck!

Noted. Thanks Greg for feedback and suggestion.