Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] smb: client: transport: Fix debug printing in __release_mid()

[Yunseong Kim]

Hi Andy,

On Tue, 25 Aug 2026 10:30:43 +0200 Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Long time ago during upgrading printk():s to the respective pr_<level>()
> calls one misconversion happened and nobody has noticed that. So,
> previously printk(KERN_DEBUG) + printk() worked as one long debug print
> since the trailing '\n' is only present in the followup printk() format
> string. The culprit change missed that and split the message to two on
> the different levels. Restore the original behaviour to make users be
> less confused in the most likely never happen cases of partially getting
> that message.
> 
> Fixes: 0b456f04bcdf ("cifs: convert printk(LEVEL...) to pr_<level>")
> Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  fs/smb/client/transport.c | 11 +++++------
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/smb/client/transport.c b/fs/smb/client/transport.c
> index fdf4e50c27ce..e266859818a4 100644
> --- a/fs/smb/client/transport.c
> +++ b/fs/smb/client/transport.c
> @@ -101,12 +101,11 @@ void __release_mid(struct TCP_Server_Info *server, struct mid_q_entry *midEntry)
>  		trace_smb3_slow_rsp(smb_cmd, midEntry->mid, midEntry->pid,
>  			       midEntry->when_sent, midEntry->when_received);
>  		if (cifsFYI & CIFS_TIMER) {
> -			pr_debug("slow rsp: cmd %d mid %llu",
> -				 midEntry->command, midEntry->mid);
> -			cifs_info("A: 0x%lx S: 0x%lx R: 0x%lx\n",
> -				  now - midEntry->when_alloc,
> -				  now - midEntry->when_sent,
> -				  now - midEntry->when_received);
> +			pr_debug("slow rsp: cmd %d mid %llu A: 0x%lx S: 0x%lx R: 0x%lx\n",
> +				 midEntry->command, midEntry->mid,

The change looks correct to me.

One minor suggestion: could the format string be split using adjacent
string literals to avoid the long source line?

    pr_debug("slow rsp: cmd %d mid %llu "
             "A: 0x%lx S: 0x%lx R: 0x%lx\n",
             ...);

> +				 now - midEntry->when_alloc,
> +				 now - midEntry->when_sent,
> +				 now - midEntry->when_received);
>  		}
>  	}
>  #endif
> -- 
> 2.50.1
> 
> 

Thank you!

Best regards,
Yunseong