Re: [PATCH] MIPS: Add severity levels to printk statements during kernel setup.

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On Fri, 25 Jul 2008, I wrote:
>> --- a/arch/mips/kernel/setup.c
>> +++ b/arch/mips/kernel/setup.c
>> @@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ void __init add_memory_region(phys_t start, phys_t size, long type)
>>  
>>  	/* Sanity check */
>>  	if (start + size < start) {
>> -		printk("Trying to add an invalid memory region, skipped\n");
>> +		printk(KERN_WARNING "Trying to add an invalid memory region, skipped\n");
 
On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 08:04:57PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> Why not convert to pr_warning(), while you're at it?

I can do. I'm just a bit behind the times. :-)

Should I use pr_{warning,err,info} everywhere rather than printk? Is
it worth fixing up the other calls to printk that I didn't need to
"fix"?

>> @@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ static void __init finalize_initrd(void)
>>  		goto disable;
>>  	}
>>  	if (__pa(initrd_end) > PFN_PHYS(max_low_pfn)) {
>> -		printk("Initrd extends beyond end of memory");
>> +		printk(KERN_ERR "Initrd extends beyond end of memory");
>                                                                     ^
> There's no newline here, so...
> 
>>  		goto disable;
>>  	}
>>  
>> @@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ static void __init finalize_initrd(void)
>>  	       initrd_start, size);
>>  	return;
>>  disable:
>> -	printk(" - disabling initrd\n");
>> +	printk(KERN_ERR " - disabling initrd\n");
>                ^^^^^^^^
> ... probably this should be KERN_CONT.
> Note that I didn't check the other paths to get here.

Well spotted. I thought I'd checked those but obviously not carefully enough. I shall try again.

Thanks.

Mike.


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