Re: [PATCH 2/5] ib/mad: update module to pr_* style print messages

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On Wed, May 07, 2014 at 02:30:04PM +0000, Weiny, Ira wrote:
> > 
> > On Mon, May 05, 2014 at 09:44:47PM -0400, ira.weiny@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > > From: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@xxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > Also combine previously line broken user-visible strings as per
> > > Documentation/CodingStyle
> > 
> > These seem like nice cleanups, however it would be much nicer to use the
> > dev_* versions when a struct device is available, I think many of these cases
> > can reach the /dev/umadX struct device..
> 
> Ok, this works nice for ib_umad:
> 
> infiniband_mad umad1: ib_umad_reg_agent2 failed: invalid registration flags specified 0x2; supported 0x1
> vs.
> user_mad: ib_umad_reg_agent2 failed: invalid registration flags specified 0x2; supported 0x1

Right..

> However in ib_mad I'm not so sure.  The error now implies it is the
> driver which is flagging the error, _not_ ib_mad.

Does it matter? ib_mad is a kernel implementation detail, and a kernel
consumer could trigger the debugging print as well. The function name
is a big enough clue that the problem is ib_mad related, IMHO.

Jason
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