Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752980AbbL2AA3 (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Dec 2015 19:00:29 -0500 Received: from bh-25.webhostbox.net ([208.91.199.152]:35460 "EHLO bh-25.webhostbox.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752877AbbL2AAS (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Dec 2015 19:00:18 -0500 Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2015 16:00:15 -0800 From: Guenter Roeck To: Wim Van Sebroeck Cc: linux-watchdog@vger.kernel.org, Damien Riegel , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/5] watchdog: Do not use 'dev' from watchdog_device in watchdog drivers Message-ID: <20151229000015.GA2346@roeck-us.net> References: <1450995724-17758-1-git-send-email-linux@roeck-us.net> <20151228221510.GB1889@spo001.leaseweb.nl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20151228221510.GB1889@spo001.leaseweb.nl> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) X-Authenticated_sender: guenter@roeck-us.net X-OutGoing-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - bh-25.webhostbox.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - roeck-us.net X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: bh-25.webhostbox.net: authenticated_id: guenter@roeck-us.net X-Authenticated-Sender: bh-25.webhostbox.net: guenter@roeck-us.net X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 921 Lines: 25 On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 11:15:10PM +0100, Wim Van Sebroeck wrote: > Hi Guenter, > > > The 'dev' variable in watchdog drivers has a different lifetime than the > > watchdog character device and should therefore not be used by watchdog > > drivers. > > > > Some of the drivers use the variable to print kernel messages. Those > > messages are either dropped or changed to use the parent device. > > One driver sets the variable during initialization to the watchdog > > driver's parent device, which is wrong and was removed. > > > > v2: Use parent device for dev_XXX messages instead of pr_XXX. > > This patchset has been added to linux-watchdog-next. > Thanks! Guenter -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/