On Mon, Feb 24, 2020 at 08:54:43AM -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Mon, 2020-02-24 at 22:17 +0530, Kaaira Gupta wrote:
> > On Mon, Feb 24, 2020 at 05:38:09AM -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
> > > On Mon, 2020-02-24 at 13:54 +0530, Kaaira Gupta wrote:
> > > > Simplify code in ql_mpi_core_to_log() by calling print_hex_dump()
> > > > instead of existing functions so that the debug and dump are
> > > > emitted at the same KERN_<LEVEL>
> > > []
> > > > diff --git a/drivers/staging/qlge/qlge_dbg.c b/drivers/staging/qlge/qlge_dbg.c
> > > []
> > > > @@ -1324,27 +1324,10 @@ void ql_mpi_core_to_log(struct work_struct *work)
> > > > {
> > > > struct ql_adapter *qdev =
> > > > container_of(work, struct ql_adapter, mpi_core_to_log.work);
> > > > - u32 *tmp, count;
> > > > - int i;
> > > >
> > > > - count = sizeof(struct ql_mpi_coredump) / sizeof(u32);
> > > > - tmp = (u32 *)qdev->mpi_coredump;
> > > > - netif_printk(qdev, drv, KERN_DEBUG, qdev->ndev,
> > > > - "Core is dumping to log file!\n");
> > >
> > > There is no real need to delete this line.
> > >
> > > And if you really want to, it'd be better to mention
> > > the removal in the commit message description.
> > >
> > > As is for this change, there is no "debug" and "dump"
> > > as the commit message description shows, just "dump".
> >
> > This patch has already been added to the tree,
>
> What tree is that?
> It's not in -next as of right now.
Its in staging-next right now.
This is the link: https://lore.kernel.org/driverdev-devel/cba75ee4d88afdf118631510ad0f971e42c1a31c.camel@xxxxxxxxxxx/
>
> > if I amend the commit now
> > using git rebase, won't it affect the upstream as the SHA-1 of the
> > commit and it's children will change?
>
> You are sending patches not pull requests.
>
> If it's really in an actual tree that people
> care about, send another patch putting the
> netif_printk back.
I'll submit a patch, but can you please explain me why this function is
still needed when we are already using print_hex_dump()?
>
>
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