Re: [PATCH] scsi: logging_level: update bits description

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On 10/11/17 06:18, Steffen Maier wrote:
> 
> On 10/10/2017 09:32 PM, Kyle Fortin wrote:
>> On Oct 10, 2017, at 3:05 PM, Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>
>>> Update the description of 'scsi_logging_level' from 8 4-bit nibbles
>>> to the (pre-git) reality of 10 3-bit 'nibbles'.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> ---
>>> drivers/scsi/scsi_logging.h |    8 ++++----
>>> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> --- lnx-414-rc3.orig/drivers/scsi/scsi_logging.h
>>> +++ lnx-414-rc3/drivers/scsi/scsi_logging.h
>>> @@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
>>>
>>>
>>> /*
>>> - * This defines the scsi logging feature.  It is a means by which the user
>>> - * can select how much information they get about various goings on, and it
>>> - * can be really useful for fault tracing.  The logging word is divided into
> 
> nit pick: Why reflow and thus "change" these 3 lines even though the content is the same?

Just to fit into max. of 80 characters per line. Changing it to only one long line
was weird.

>>> - * 8 nibbles, each of which describes a loglevel.  The division of things is
>>> + * This defines the scsi logging feature.  It is a means by which the user can
>>> + * select how much information they get about various goings on, and it can be
>>> + * really useful for fault tracing.  The logging word is divided into 10 3-bit
>>> + * 'nibbles', each of which describes a loglevel.  The division of things is
>>
>> I think ‘bitfields' is more appropriate than ‘nibbles’ (a 4-bit construct in compute).
> 
> +1

OK.

>>>   * somewhat arbitrary, and the division of the word could be changed if it
>>>   * were really needed for any reason.  The numbers below are the only place
>>>   * where these are specified.  For a first go-around, 3 bits is more than
>>
>> Reviewed-by: Kyle Fortin <kyle.fortin@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Reviewed-by: Steffen Maier <maier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 


-- 
~Randy



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