On 7/28/21 10:45 PM, Valdis Klētnieks wrote:
Is pr_warn() the right level for this stuff? I'd think this sort of pilot error should be pr_info() or even pr_debug(), if mentioned at all. pr_warn() would be for something like an unexpected situation like trying to blink an LED but failing. Simple syntax errors should probably just toss a -EINVAL and return.
Fair point. I'll change it to pr_info(). I'm reluctant to completely "swallow" the error message, as I've been on the other side as a system administrator trying to guess at the reason for an error code.
(Among other things, this allows a userspace script to spam the log by simply repeatedly trying to create the same entry)
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