Re: [PATCH 2/9] staging: fsl-dpaa2/eth: Move print message

From: Greg KH
Date: Fri Mar 23 2018 - 11:01:33 EST


On Fri, Mar 23, 2018 at 08:44:06AM -0500, Ioana Radulescu wrote:
> Let the driver remove() function print an informative message
> after it finishes removing the network interface, not at an
> arbitrary point during cleanup.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ioana Radulescu <ruxandra.radulescu@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/staging/fsl-dpaa2/ethernet/dpaa2-eth.c | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/fsl-dpaa2/ethernet/dpaa2-eth.c b/drivers/staging/fsl-dpaa2/ethernet/dpaa2-eth.c
> index beb5959..9fb88f2 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/fsl-dpaa2/ethernet/dpaa2-eth.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/fsl-dpaa2/ethernet/dpaa2-eth.c
> @@ -2550,7 +2550,6 @@ static int dpaa2_eth_remove(struct fsl_mc_device *ls_dev)
> priv = netdev_priv(net_dev);
>
> unregister_netdev(net_dev);
> - dev_info(net_dev->dev.parent, "Removed interface %s\n", net_dev->name);
>
> if (priv->do_link_poll)
> kthread_stop(priv->poll_thread);
> @@ -2571,6 +2570,8 @@ static int dpaa2_eth_remove(struct fsl_mc_device *ls_dev)
> dev_set_drvdata(dev, NULL);
> free_netdev(net_dev);
>
> + dev_info(net_dev->dev.parent, "Removed interface %s\n", net_dev->name);

Why is this even needed? I'll take it but spamming kernel logs for no
reason is not a good idea :)

thanks,

greg k-h