[Outreachy kernel] [PATCH v3] staging: ipx: Replace printk() with appropriate net_*macro_ratelimited()

Julia Lawall julia.lawall at lip6.fr
Mon Mar 5 07:16:50 UTC 2018



On Mon, 5 Mar 2018, Arushi Singhal wrote:

> Replace printk having a log level with the appropriate
> net_*macro_ratelimited.
> It's better to use actual device name as a prefix in error messages.
>
> Signed-off-by: Arushi Singhal <arushisinghal19971997 at gmail.com>
> ---
> changes in v2
> *In v1 printk was changed to pr_*macro(), which is used
> in kernel instead of calling printk() directly. And for drivers,
> dev_*macro() or net_*macro_ratelimited() should be used for calling
> printk() directly.
>
> changes in v3
> *Indentation is not changed, as line is exceeding 80 characters limit.

Put the v3 changes on top of the v2 changes, so that one can see
immediately what has changed most recently.

julia

>
>  drivers/staging/ipx/af_ipx.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/ipx/af_ipx.c b/drivers/staging/ipx/af_ipx.c
> index d21a9d1..5ec6591 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/ipx/af_ipx.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/ipx/af_ipx.c
> @@ -744,7 +744,7 @@ static void ipxitf_discover_netnum(struct ipx_interface *intrfc,
>  			intrfc->if_netnum = cb->ipx_source_net;
>  			ipxitf_add_local_route(intrfc);
>  		} else {
> -			printk(KERN_WARNING "IPX: Network number collision "
> +			net_warn_ratelimited("IPX: Network number collision "
>  				"%lx\n        %s %s and %s %s\n",
>  				(unsigned long) ntohl(cb->ipx_source_net),
>  				ipx_device_name(i),
> --
> 2.7.4
>
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