[PATCH v2 5/9] powerpc: Use preempt_model_str().

Christophe Leroy christophe.leroy at csgroup.eu
Tue Feb 4 03:37:42 AEDT 2025



Le 03/02/2025 à 17:01, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior a écrit :
> On 2025-02-03 16:19:06 [+0100], Christophe Leroy wrote:
>>
>>
>> Le 03/02/2025 à 15:16, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior a écrit :
>>> Use preempt_model_str() instead of manually conducting the preemption
>>> model. Use pr_emerg() instead of printk() to pass a loglevel.
>>
>> Why use pr_emerg() for that line and not all other ones ?
> 
> checkpatch complained for the current printk() line and this looks like
> an emergency coming from die().

Right but checkpatch only looks at the line you modify with your patch, 
it doesn't consider the global picture.

> 
>> The purpose of using printk() is to get it at the level defined by
>> CONFIG_MESSAGE_LOGLEVEL_DEFAULT and I think it is important to have the full
>> Oops block at the same level.
> 
> Okay. So "printk(KERN_DEFAULT " then.

Up to you, I'm fine with that but you should consistently update all 
printk's in the function, not only that one, so is it really worth it ?

Christophe



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