2010-06-05 04:50:51

by Giangiacomo Mariotti

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Subject: [PATCH] remove pointless debug printk in rt_ioctl_giwscan()

This debug printk is only useful if you're debugging the staging drivers
2860 e 2870, but, if you're just using them, it becomes really annoying, because
it uselessly clobbers the kernel log. I guess this patch shouldn't really get merged,
but it's more like a request to remove these annoying debugging messages for normal users.
If I get any suggestion on how to implement this in a way acceptable to get it merged, I'll
be happy to create the "good" version of the patch.

Thanks,

Giangiacomo

>From b24cc30ddad0bcd9a1fe00a7ecdd5dba4a3a4d06 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Giangiacomo Mariotti <[email protected]>
Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2010 05:39:58 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] remove pointless debug printk in rt_ioctl_giwscan()


Signed-off-by: Giangiacomo Mariotti <[email protected]>
---
drivers/staging/rt2860/sta_ioctl.c | 4 ++--
1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/rt2860/sta_ioctl.c b/drivers/staging/rt2860/sta_ioctl.c
index de4b627..f9aa6f2 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rt2860/sta_ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rt2860/sta_ioctl.c
@@ -1116,9 +1116,9 @@ int rt_ioctl_giwscan(struct net_device *dev,

data->length = current_ev - extra;
pAdapter->StaCfg.bScanReqIsFromWebUI = FALSE;
- DBGPRINT(RT_DEBUG_ERROR,
+ /*DBGPRINT(RT_DEBUG_ERROR,
("===>rt_ioctl_giwscan. %d(%d) BSS returned, data->length = %d\n",
- i, pAdapter->ScanTab.BssNr, data->length));
+ i, pAdapter->ScanTab.BssNr, data->length));*/
return 0;
}

--
1.7.1


2010-06-05 10:07:52

by Arnd Bergmann

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] remove pointless debug printk in rt_ioctl_giwscan()

On Saturday 05 June 2010, Giangiacomo Mariotti wrote:
> This debug printk is only useful if you're debugging the staging drivers
> 2860 e 2870, but, if you're just using them, it becomes really annoying, because
> it uselessly clobbers the kernel log. I guess this patch shouldn't really get merged,
> but it's more like a request to remove these annoying debugging messages for normal users.
> If I get any suggestion on how to implement this in a way acceptable to get it merged, I'll
> be happy to create the "good" version of the patch.

Ideally, drivers should not have their own debugging macros like this, but
instead use the kernel's own pr_debug() and (preferrably) dev_dbg() macros,
which are disabled by default.
For many of these debugging outputs, it's even better to kill them entirely
instead of converting to dev_dbg().
Do not put the line in comments though.

Arnd

2010-06-18 23:15:34

by Greg KH

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] remove pointless debug printk in rt_ioctl_giwscan()

On Sat, Jun 05, 2010 at 12:07:39PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Saturday 05 June 2010, Giangiacomo Mariotti wrote:
> > This debug printk is only useful if you're debugging the staging drivers
> > 2860 e 2870, but, if you're just using them, it becomes really annoying, because
> > it uselessly clobbers the kernel log. I guess this patch shouldn't really get merged,
> > but it's more like a request to remove these annoying debugging messages for normal users.
> > If I get any suggestion on how to implement this in a way acceptable to get it merged, I'll
> > be happy to create the "good" version of the patch.
>
> Ideally, drivers should not have their own debugging macros like this, but
> instead use the kernel's own pr_debug() and (preferrably) dev_dbg() macros,
> which are disabled by default.
> For many of these debugging outputs, it's even better to kill them entirely
> instead of converting to dev_dbg().
> Do not put the line in comments though.

I agree, just use dev_dbg() instead.

thanks,

greg k-h