Re: [PATCH] thermal/intel_powerclamp: pr_err()/pr_info() strings should end with newlines

[Daniel Lezcano]

On 09/10/2017 13:51, Arvind Yadav wrote:
> pr_err()/pr_info() messages should end with a new-line to avoid
> other messages being concatenated.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav.cs@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/thermal/intel_powerclamp.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/thermal/intel_powerclamp.c b/drivers/thermal/intel_powerclamp.c
> index d718cd1..4540e89 100644
> --- a/drivers/thermal/intel_powerclamp.c
> +++ b/drivers/thermal/intel_powerclamp.c
> @@ -675,13 +675,13 @@ static int __init powerclamp_probe(void)
>  {
>  
>  	if (!x86_match_cpu(intel_powerclamp_ids)) {
> -		pr_err("CPU does not support MWAIT");
> +		pr_err("CPU does not support MWAIT\n");
>  		return -ENODEV;
>  	}
>  
>  	/* The goal for idle time alignment is to achieve package cstate. */
>  	if (!has_pkg_state_counter()) {
> -		pr_info("No package C-state available");
> +		pr_info("No package C-state available\n");
>  		return -ENODEV;
>  	}


Hi Arvind,

you are sending these fixes for all the drivers around. There is a way
to fix this once and for all: use the coccinelle tools [1], add the
script in the changelog with a big patchset and add the script in the
coccinelle scripts directory [2].

  -- Daniel

[1] Documentation/dev-tools/coccinelle.rst
[2] scripts/coccinelle/misc


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