Re: [PATCH 1/3] rbtree_test: use pr_info for module prefix inmessages

From: Davidlohr Bueso
Date: Mon Mar 18 2013 - 19:47:56 EST


On Mon, 2013-03-18 at 16:44 -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Mon, 2013-03-18 at 16:20 -0700, Davidlohr Bueso wrote:
> > This provides nicer message output. Since it seems more appropriate
> > for the nature of this module, also use KERN_INFO instead of other
> > levels.
> []
> > diff --git a/lib/rbtree_test.c b/lib/rbtree_test.c
> []
> > @@ -153,7 +156,7 @@ static int rbtree_test_init(void)
> > int i, j;
> > cycles_t time1, time2, time;
> >
> > - printk(KERN_ALERT "rbtree testing");
> > + pr_info("rbtree testing");
> >
> > prandom_seed_state(&rnd, 3141592653589793238ULL);
> > init();
> > @@ -171,7 +174,7 @@ static int rbtree_test_init(void)
> > time = time2 - time1;
> >
> > time = div_u64(time, PERF_LOOPS);
> > - printk(" -> %llu cycles\n", (unsigned long long)time);
> > + pr_info(" -> %llu cycles\n", (unsigned long long)time);
>
> You change the output here by more than just adding a prefix.
>
> The first printk didn't have a newline.
>
> The old code would print:
>
> "rbtree testing -> <foo> cycles"
>
> The new code prints:
>
> "rbtree_test: rbtree testing"
> "rbtree_test: -> <foo> cycles"
>

Ah, I see. This is actually the first time I'm using pr_* calls. I
actually don't mind the new format, it looked
ok, but if others don't agree, I can always resend it.

> btw: each pr_info should have a newline termination
> or be followed by a some number of pr_cont/printk with
> the last one having a terminating newline.
>
> The first pr_info here doesn't have a newline
> so it's possible (though unlikely) that another
> thread could have its output appended/interleaved
> on the same line.
>
>


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