RE: [PATCH v6 3/3] aerdrv: Cleanup log output for CPER based AER

[Ortiz, Lance E]

> Hi again Lance.
> 
> > diff --git a/drivers/pci/pcie/aer/aerdrv_errprint.c
> b/drivers/pci/pcie/aer/aerdrv_errprint.c
> []
> > @@ -228,9 +228,14 @@ void cper_print_aer(struct pci_dev *dev, int
> cper_severity,
> >  	int aer_severity, layer, agent, status_strs_size,
> tlp_header_valid = 0;
> >  	u32 status, mask;
> >  	const char **status_strs;
> > -	char *prefix = NULL;
> > +	char prefix[44];
> >
> >  	aer_severity = cper_severity_to_aer(cper_severity);
> > +	snprintf(prefix, sizeof(prefix), "%s%s %s: ",
> > +		(aer_severity == AER_CORRECTABLE) ?
> > +		KERN_WARNING : KERN_ERR,
> > +		dev_driver_string(&dev->dev), dev_name(&dev->dev));
> > +
> >  	if (aer_severity == AER_CORRECTABLE) {
> >  		status = aer->cor_status;
> >  		mask = aer->cor_mask;
> 
> Perhaps this would be better just using dev_printk
> instead of snprintf into a prefix with printk to
> emulate dev_printk.
> 
> Also, perhaps KERN_NOTICE is preferable to KERN_WARNING
> in the CORRECTABLE case.
> 
> Maybe something like:
> 
> 	const char *level = KERN_ERR;
> 	if (aer_severity == AER_CORRECTABLE)
> 		level = KERN_NOTICE;
> 
> 	...
> 
> 	dev_printk(level, &dev->dev, etc...);
> 
> Maybe do this after this series of patches is accepted.
> Enough with the revisions for awhile...

Hi Joe,

The reason I did it this way was I was trying to be consistent with what was done for the AER interrupt case.  The function aer_print_error()in the same file uses sprintf this way.  I'm not sure why they chose that instead of dev_printk.  I think if we did make the change we should do it in both places to keep them the same.  

Lance
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