Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/3] rbtree_test: use pr_info for module prefix in messages | From | Davidlohr Bueso <> | Date | Fri, 22 Mar 2013 16:06:14 -0700 |
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On Thu, 2013-03-21 at 20:29 -0700, Michel Lespinasse wrote: > On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 7:51 PM, Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr.bueso@hp.com> wrote: > > On Tue, 2013-03-19 at 11:54 -0600, Shuah Khan wrote: > >> On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 11:14 AM, Davidlohr Bueso > >> <davidlohr.bueso@hp.com> wrote: > >> > On Tue, 2013-03-19 at 10:29 -0600, Shuah Khan wrote: > >> >> On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 5:20 PM, Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr.bueso@hp.com> wrote: > >> >> > This provides nicer message output. Since it seems more appropriate > >> >> > for the nature of this module, also use KERN_INFO instead of other > >> >> > levels. > >> >> > >> >> Why are you changing the ALERTs to INFO? > >> > > >> > Because of the nature of the messages. They don't justify having a > >> > KERN_ALERT level (requiring immediate attention), and it seems a lot > >> > more suitable to use INFO instead. > >> > > >> > >> Hmm. I see interval_tree_test using the same alerts. It almost looks > >> like the start and end of a test are meant to be alerts. I am not > >> saying it shouldn't be changed, however looking for a stronger reason > >> than "it seems a lot more suitable to use INFO instead". Are there any > >> use-cases in which KERN_ALERTs cause problems? > >> > > > > No 'issue' particularly, just common sense. In any case I have no > > problem reverting the changes back to KERN_ALERT, no big deal. > > > > Andrew, Michel, do you have any preferences? I'm mostly interested in > > patch 3/3, do you have any objections? > > Sorry for the late reply - I have a lot of upstream email to catch up to. > > No objection to the change but I also have to say I'm not quite sure > what's the motivation - it'd be easier if you had a 0/3 mail to > explain the issue. In particular, I'm not sure if you've been trying > to use the test compiled in rather than as a module (which is all I've > ever built it as myself :) >
Yeah, since it was a small and straightforward patchset I chose not to send a 0/3 explaining the motivation. I was basically going through your augmented rbtree work and noticed some property checks missing. FWIW I only used it as a module as well.
Thanks, Davidlohr
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