On Wed, Jul 24, 2019 at 11:01:10AM +0300, Wang Shenran wrote:
> At boot time, the acpi_power_meter driver logs the following error level
> message: "Ignoring unsafe software power cap". Having read about it from
> a few sources, it seems that the error message can be quite misleading.
>
> While the message can imply that Linux is ignoring the fact that the
> system is operating in potentially dangerous conditions, the truth is
> the driver found an ACPI_PMC object that supports software power
> capping. The driver simply decides not to use it, perhaps because it
> doesn't support the object.
>
> The best solution is probably changing the log level from error to warning.
> All sources I have found, regarding the error, have downplayed its
> significance. There is not much of a reason for it to be on error level,
> while causing potential confusions or misinterpretations.
>
> Signed-off-by: Wang Shenran <shenran268@xxxxxxxxx>
Applied to hwmon-next.
Thanks,
Guenter
> ---
> drivers/hwmon/acpi_power_meter.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/acpi_power_meter.c b/drivers/hwmon/acpi_power_meter.c
> index 6ba1a08253f0..4cf25458f0b9 100644
> --- a/drivers/hwmon/acpi_power_meter.c
> +++ b/drivers/hwmon/acpi_power_meter.c
> @@ -681,8 +681,8 @@ static int setup_attrs(struct acpi_power_meter_resource *resource)
>
> if (resource->caps.flags & POWER_METER_CAN_CAP) {
> if (!can_cap_in_hardware()) {
> - dev_err(&resource->acpi_dev->dev,
> - "Ignoring unsafe software power cap!\n");
> + dev_warn(&resource->acpi_dev->dev,
> + "Ignoring unsafe software power cap!\n");
> goto skip_unsafe_cap;
> }
>
