On Sunday 24 May 2009 14:12:11 Sergei Shtylyov wrote: > Hello. > > Joe Perches wrote: > > > Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > > [...] > > diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-acpi.c b/drivers/ide/ide-acpi.c > > index f323a60..560b9c4 100644 > > --- a/drivers/ide/ide-acpi.c > > +++ b/drivers/ide/ide-acpi.c > > @@ -435,8 +435,8 @@ void ide_acpi_get_timing(ide_hwif_t *hwif) > > if (!out_obj->buffer.length || !out_obj->buffer.pointer || > > out_obj->buffer.length != sizeof(struct GTM_buffer)) { > > kfree(output.pointer); > > - pr_err("%s: unexpected _GTM length (0x%x)[should be 0x%zx] or " > > - "addr (0x%p)\n", > > + pr_err( > > + "%s: unexpected _GTM length (0x%x)[should be 0x%zx] or addr (0x%p)\n", > > > > Oh no... do you really think somebody will search for this message > using strings like "should be"? Well, I don't know but the error message should be improved regardless by splitting it on separate messages for separate error conditions (wrong length vs wrong addr). > > __func__, out_obj->buffer.length, > > sizeof(struct GTM_buffer), out_obj->buffer.pointer); > > return; > > diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-atapi.c b/drivers/ide/ide-atapi.c > > index 46cf46e..1e9e2d6 100644 > > --- a/drivers/ide/ide-atapi.c > > +++ b/drivers/ide/ide-atapi.c > > @@ -60,11 +60,13 @@ int ide_check_atapi_device(ide_drive_t *drive, const char *s) > > dev_err(&drive->gendev, "%s: the removable flag is not set\n", > > s); > > else if (drive->media == ide_floppy && drq_type == 3) > > - dev_err(&drive->gendev, "%s: sorry, DRQ type (0x%02x) not " > > - "supported\n", s, drq_type); > > + dev_err(&drive->gendev, > > + "%s: sorry, DRQ type (0x%02x) not supported\n", > > > > Same question. I think the user will search for "sorry, DRQ type". Lets just make it something like: "%s: unsupported DRQ type (0x%02x)\n" > > + s, drq_type); > > else if (packet_size != 0) > > - dev_err(&drive->gendev, "%s: packet size (0x%02x) is not 12 " > > - "bytes\n", s, packet_size); > > + dev_err(&drive->gendev, > > + "%s: packet size (0x%02x) is not 12 bytes\n", > > > > When the message is broken by the format specifier, turning it into > one liner can hardly help seraching... "%s: wrong packet size (0x%02x)\n" > > @@ -439,8 +440,7 @@ static ide_startstop_t ide_pc_intr(ide_drive_t *drive) > > if (pc->flags & PC_FLAG_DMA_IN_PROGRESS) { > > pc->flags &= ~PC_FLAG_DMA_IN_PROGRESS; > > dev_err(&drive->gendev, > > - "The device wants to issue more interrupts " > > - "in DMA mode\n"); > > + "The device wants to issue more interrupts in DMA mode\n"); > > > > Oh noes, the indentation... We even know the device name so: "wants to issue more IRQs in DMA mode\n" should suffice. > > @@ -509,14 +509,12 @@ static u8 ide_wait_ireason(ide_drive_t *drive, u8 ireason) > > while (retries-- && ((ireason & ATAPI_COD) == 0 || > > (ireason & ATAPI_IO))) { > > dev_err(&drive->gendev, > > - "(IO,CoD != (0,1) while issuing " > > - "a packet command, retrying\n"); > > + "(IO,CoD != (0,1) while issuing a packet command, retrying\n"); > > > > Sigh... > > > udelay(100); > > ireason = ide_read_ireason(drive); > > if (retries == 0) { > > dev_err(&drive->gendev, > > - "(IO,CoD != (0,1) while issuing " > > - "a packet command, ignoring\n"); > > + "(IO,CoD != (0,1) while issuing a packet command, ignoring\n"); > > > > Sigh... I guess that by "Sigh" you meant: "while issuing a packet command" should go away ;) > > @@ -547,8 +545,7 @@ static ide_startstop_t ide_transfer_pc(ide_drive_t *drive) > > > > if (ide_wait_stat(&startstop, drive, ATA_DRQ, ATA_BUSY, WAIT_READY)) { > > dev_err(&drive->gendev, > > - "Strange, packet command initiated yet " > > - "DRQ isn't asserted\n"); > > + "Strange, packet command initiated yet DRQ isn't asserted\n"); > > > > Sigh... "DRQ isn't asserted\n" should be enough here Seems like most (all?) other error messages can be improved in similar way. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html