Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] ACPI: Add acpi_pr_<level>() interfaces

From: Toshi Kani
Date: Wed Jul 25 2012 - 13:58:35 EST


On Wed, 2012-07-25 at 00:06 -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Fri, 2012-07-20 at 10:54 -0600, Toshi Kani wrote:
> > This patch introduces acpi_pr_<level>(), where <level> is a message
> > level such as err/warn/info, to support improved logging messages
> > for ACPI, esp. in hotplug operations. acpi_pr_<level>() appends
> > "ACPI" prefix and ACPI object path to the messages. This improves
> > diagnostics in hotplug operations since it identifies an object that
> > caused an issue in a log file.

Hi Joe,

Thanks for reviewing!

> trivia:

Did you mean to say something more on this? Just checking...

> > diff --git a/drivers/acpi/utils.c b/drivers/acpi/utils.c
> []
> > @@ -454,3 +454,37 @@ acpi_evaluate_hotplug_ost(acpi_handle handle, u32 source_event,
> []
> > + char *path;
>
> const ?

Agreed. I will update with the change.

> > diff --git a/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h b/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h
> []
> > @@ -85,6 +85,26 @@ struct acpi_pld {
> []
> > +#define acpi_pr_debug(handle, fmt, ...) \
> > + acpi_printk(KERN_DEBUG, handle, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
>
> Might be nicer if this somehow had a dynamic debug
> mechanism too.

Good point! I will try to add a dynamic debug mechanism on this.

Thanks,
-Toshi


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