Re: [PATCH] init: calibrate: fix style issues

From: Joe Perches
Date: Sat Oct 11 2014 - 13:36:39 EST


On Sat, 2014-10-11 at 19:23 +0200, Rasmus Wriedt Larsen wrote:
> On 11/10/14 18:40, Joe Perches wrote:
> > On Sat, 2014-10-11 at 18:31 +0200, Rasmus Wriedt Larsen wrote:
> >> * fix multiple quoted string split across lines style issues
> >> * change printk(KERN_NOTICE to pr_notice
> >> * insert spaces after , in function call
> > []
> >> diff --git a/init/calibrate.c b/init/calibrate.c
> > []
> >> @@ -160,9 +158,7 @@ static unsigned long calibrate_delay_direct(void)
> >>
> >> }
> >>
> >> - printk(KERN_NOTICE "calibrate_delay_direct() failed to get a good "
> >> - "estimate for loops_per_jiffy.\nProbably due to long platform "
> >> - "interrupts. Consider using \"lpj=\" boot option.\n");
> >> + pr_notice("calibrate_delay_direct() failed to get a good estimate for loops_per_jiffy.\nProbably due to long platform interrupts. Consider using \"lpj=\" boot option.\n");
> >
> > This would be better on 2 lines:
> > pr_notice("calibrate_delay_direct() failed to get a good estimate for loops_per_jiffy.\n"
> > "Probably due to long platform interrupts. Consider using \"lpj=\" boot option.\n");
>
> Yes, indeed it would. (will fix in upcoming patch)
>
> > The grammar is poor though and this
> > could be better phrased.
>
> Any suggestions? I don't see anything in particular (but English is not my
> native language either)

I'd suggest something on a single line like:

pr_notice("%s: failed to reasonably estimate loops_per_jiffy (long platform interrupts?) - perhaps use boot option 'lpj='\n",
__func__);

I prefer complete individual messages and don't
mind longer dmesg message lines.


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