Re: [patch -mm 10/28] highres: Improve debug output

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Mon Jun 25 2007 - 20:14:44 EST


On Sat, 23 Jun 2007 13:32:35 -0000
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> if (!dev || !(dev->features & CLOCK_EVT_FEAT_ONESHOT) ||
> - !tick_device_is_functional(dev))
> + !tick_device_is_functional(dev)) {
> +
> + printk(KERN_INFO "Clockevents: "
> + "could not switch to one-shot mode:");
> + if (!dev) {
> + printk(" no tick device\n");
> + } else {
> + if (!tick_device_is_functional(dev))
> + printk(" %s is not functional.\n", dev->name);
> + else if (!(dev->features & CLOCK_EVT_FEAT_ONESHOT))
> + printk(" %s does not support one-shot mode.\n",
> + dev->name);
> + }

There is a logic path through here where the printk doesn't get its \n
termination? And it will fail to print the reason for the failure, too.

Maybe that's a can't-happen, in which case the CLOCK_EVT_FEAT_ONESHOT test
is superfluous?

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