Re: [PATCH] - Remove current defines and uses of pr_err, add pr_emerg,pr_alert, pr_crit, pr_err, pr_warn, pr_notice to include/linux/kernel.h

From: Eugene Teo
Date: Wed Aug 01 2007 - 04:26:11 EST


Hi Joe,

Joe Perches wrote:
> Remove current #define and uses of pr_err
> Add pr_emerg, pr_alert, pr_crit, pr_err, pr_warn, pr_notice
> to include/linux/kernel.h
>
> Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> diff --git a/drivers/i2c/chips/menelaus.c b/drivers/i2c/chips/menelaus.c
> index 48a7e2f..3ee323a 100644
> --- a/drivers/i2c/chips/menelaus.c
> +++ b/drivers/i2c/chips/menelaus.c
> @@ -49,8 +49,7 @@
> #include <asm/arch/menelaus.h>
>
> #define DRIVER_NAME "menelaus"
> -
> -#define pr_err(fmt, arg...) printk(KERN_ERR DRIVER_NAME ": ", ## arg);

Makes sense to remove the duplicated pr_* functions, and have it declared in
include/linux/kernel.h.

> +#define PFX DRIVER_NAME ": "
>
> #define MENELAUS_I2C_ADDRESS 0x72
>
> @@ -156,7 +155,7 @@ static int menelaus_write_reg(int reg, u8 value)
> int val = i2c_smbus_write_byte_data(the_menelaus->client, reg, value);
>
> if (val < 0) {
> - pr_err("write error");
> + printk(KERN_ERR PFX "write error\n");
> return val;
> }
[...]

But why are you replacing the existing pr_*() with printk(KERN_*?

Eugene
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