Re: [PATCH 4/5] staging: ks7010: Fix warnings on printk() usage

[Greg KH]

On Sat, Sep 03, 2016 at 10:51:49PM +0530, Sabitha George wrote:
> This patch fixes the following warnings on ks7010_sdio.c
> 1. printk() should include KERN_ facility level
> 2. Prefer [subsystem eg: netdev]_err([subsystem]dev, ...
> then dev_err(dev, ... then pr_err(...  to printk(KERN_ERR ...
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sabitha George <sabitha.george@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/ks7010/ks7010_sdio.c | 11 +++++------
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/ks7010/ks7010_sdio.c b/drivers/staging/ks7010/ks7010_sdio.c
> index 67b01a6..d45bacd 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/ks7010/ks7010_sdio.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/ks7010/ks7010_sdio.c
> @@ -499,8 +499,8 @@ static void ks7010_rw_function(struct work_struct *work)
>  		DPRINTK(4, "wait after WAKEUP \n");
>  /*		queue_delayed_work(priv->ks_wlan_hw.ks7010sdio_wq,&priv->ks_wlan_hw.rw_wq,
>  		(priv->last_wakeup + ((30*HZ)/1000) - jiffies));*/
> -		printk("wake: %lu %lu\n", priv->last_wakeup + (30 * HZ) / 1000,
> -		       jiffies);
> +		pr_info("wake: %lu %lu\n", priv->last_wakeup + (30 * HZ) / 1000,
> +			jiffies);
>  		msleep(30);
>  	}
>  
> @@ -1010,11 +1010,11 @@ static int ks7010_sdio_probe(struct sdio_func *func,
>  	/* private memory allocate */
>  	netdev = alloc_etherdev(sizeof(*priv));
>  	if (netdev == NULL) {
> -		printk(KERN_ERR "ks7010 : Unable to alloc new net device\n");
> +		pr_err("ks7010 : Unable to alloc new net device\n");
>  		goto error_release_irq;
>  	}
>  	if (dev_alloc_name(netdev, "wlan%d") < 0) {
> -		printk(KERN_ERR "ks7010 :  Couldn't get name!\n");
> +		pr_err("ks7010 :  Couldn't get name!\n");
>  		goto error_free_netdev;
>  	}
>  
> @@ -1054,8 +1054,7 @@ static int ks7010_sdio_probe(struct sdio_func *func,
>  	/* Upload firmware */
>  	ret = ks7010_upload_firmware(priv, card);	/* firmware load */
>  	if (ret) {
> -		printk(KERN_ERR
> -		       "ks7010: firmware load failed !! retern code = %d\n",
> +		pr_err("ks7010: firmware load failed !! retern code = %d\n",
>  		       ret);

This is a driver, so please use dev_err() where ever possible (I think
it can be used in two of the above places, maybe all three.)

thanks,

greg k-h