Re: [PATCH] mm: Capitalize letters for readability

[Andrew Morton]

On Thu, 25 Jul 2024 15:28:29 -0400 Steven Davis <goldside000@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> This patch capitalizes the first letters of error and
> debug messages to enhance readability. This is important
> for adhering to the style of other error messages in the
> kernel, and making it easier and clearer to read the 
> messages upon the (likely dark) terminal.

hm.

x1:/usr/src/25> grep "  pr_[^(]*.*: [A-Z]" mm/*.c | wc -l
34
x1:/usr/src/25> grep "  pr_[^(]*.*: [a-z]" mm/*.c | wc -l 
97

If we're going to make this change then we should change everything,
add a checkpatch rule, etc.

But I do think such a change is too trivial to justify churning the
code around.