On Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:52:56 +0900, Jin Dongming wrote:
> In unexpected_thermal_interrupt(), "LVT TMR interrupt" is used
> in error message.
>
> I don't think TMR is a suitable abbreviation for thermal.
> 1.TMR has been used in IA32 Architectures Software Developer's
> Manual, and is the abbreviation for Trigger Mode Register.
> 2.There is not an standard abbreviation "TMR" defined for thermal
> in IA32 Architectures Software Developer's Manual.
> 3.Though we could understand it as Thermal Monitor Register, it is
> easy to be misunderstood as a *TIMER* interrupt also.
>
> I think this patch will fix it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jin Dongming <jin.dongming@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/therm_throt.c | 2 +-
> 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/therm_throt.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/therm_throt.c
> index d9368ee..2f9f468 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/therm_throt.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/therm_throt.c
> @@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ static void intel_thermal_interrupt(void)
>
> static void unexpected_thermal_interrupt(void)
> {
> - printk(KERN_ERR "CPU%d: Unexpected LVT TMR interrupt!\n",
> + printk(KERN_ERR "CPU%d: Unexpected LVT Thermal Interrupt!\n",
> smp_processor_id());
> add_taint(TAINT_MACHINE_CHECK);
> }
I see no good reason to upper-case the first letter of each word. This
is a kernel log message, not a movie title.
Other than that, I agree with your proposal.
--
Jean Delvare
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