RE: [PATCH 5/5] EDAC, mce_amd: Print ExtErrorCode and description on a single line

[Ghannam, Yazen]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, February 3, 2019 6:22 AM
> To: Ghannam, Yazen <Yazen.Ghannam@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-edac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; bp@xxxxxxx;
> tony.luck@xxxxxxxxx; x86@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] EDAC, mce_amd: Print ExtErrorCode and description
> on a single line
> 
> On Fri, Feb 01, 2019 at 10:55:54PM +0000, Ghannam, Yazen wrote:
> > From: Yazen Ghannam <yazen.ghannam@xxxxxxx>
> >
> > Save a log line by printing the extended error code and the description
> > on a single line. This is similar to how errors are printed in other
> > subsystems, e.g. "#, description". If we don't have a valid description
> > then only the number/code is printed.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Yazen Ghannam <yazen.ghannam@xxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  drivers/edac/mce_amd.c | 5 ++---
> >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/edac/mce_amd.c b/drivers/edac/mce_amd.c
> > index 7e29ceabdf6f..f286b880f981 100644
> > --- a/drivers/edac/mce_amd.c
> > +++ b/drivers/edac/mce_amd.c
> > @@ -965,13 +965,12 @@ static void decode_smca_error(struct mce *m)
> >
> >  	ip_name = smca_get_long_name(bank_type);
> >
> > -	pr_emerg(HW_ERR "%s Extended Error Code: %d\n", ip_name, xec);
> > +	pr_emerg(HW_ERR "%s Ext. Error Code: %d", ip_name, xec);
> >
> >  	/* Only print the decode of valid error codes */
> >  	if (xec < smca_mce_descs[bank_type].num_descs &&
> >  			(hwid->xec_bitmap & BIT_ULL(xec))) {
> > -		pr_emerg(HW_ERR "%s Error: ", ip_name);
> > -		pr_cont("%s.\n", smca_mce_descs[bank_type].descs[xec]);
> > +		pr_cont(", %s.\n", smca_mce_descs[bank_type].descs[xec]);
> 
> If the if-condition doesn't hit, we never print the \n
> 

Yes, you're right. But it seems that the next pr_* that's not a pr_cont will be on
a newline automatically.

Should I add an explicit newline just to be sure we get one?

Thanks,
Yazen