checkpatch.pl: modify warning message for printk usage
Modify warning message when printk is used in a patch. It mentions to
use subsystem_dbg instead of netdev_dbg as the first preferred format of
logging debug messages.
Signed-off-by: Yogesh Chaudhari <mr.yogesh@gmail.com>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index f0ea8a0..3d3ef2f 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2833,7 +2833,7 @@
my $level2 = $level;
$level2 = "dbg" if ($level eq "debug");
WARN("PREFER_PR_LEVEL",
- "Prefer netdev_$level2(netdev, ... then dev_$level2(dev, ... then pr_$level(... to printk(KERN_$orig ...\n" . $herecurr);
+ "Prefer [subsystem eg: netdev]_$level2([subsystem]dev, ... then dev_$level2(dev, ... then pr_$level(... to printk(KERN_$orig ...\n" . $herecurr);
}
if ($line =~ /\bpr_warning\s*\(/) {