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Re: [PATCH 5/6] power: user: Standardize "Syncing filesystems ..." message

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  Re: [PATCH 5/6] power: user: Standardize "Syncing filesystems ..."  message Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> - 2015-06-06 15:40 +0200

#1159906 — Re: [PATCH 5/6] power: user: Standardize "Syncing filesystems ..." message

On Fri 2015-06-05 08:07:38, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Fri, 2015-06-05 at 12:37 +0200, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > On Thu 2015-06-04 11:36:48, Joe Perches wrote:
> > > Instead of a two individual printks that would generally be
> > > emitted on a single line, emit 2 lines to make the start
> > > and end of the synchronization more easily timeable.
> []
> > > diff --git a/kernel/power/user.c b/kernel/power/user.c
> []
> > > @@ -221,9 +221,9 @@ static long snapshot_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd,
> > >  		if (data->frozen)
> > >  			break;
> > >  
> > > -		printk("Syncing filesystems ... ");
> > > +		printk("Syncing filesystems ...\n");
> > >  		sys_sync();
> > > -		printk("done.\n");
> > > +		printk("Syncing filesystems: done\n");
> > 
> > You converted " ..." -> "..." elsewhere, so why not here?
> 
> Missed that one. 
> 
> > Is splitting message to two lines a good idea?
> 
> I think the "done" is unnecessary actually.

Well... if it is not neccessary for timing, this change can be safely
dropped, as timing will be provided for existing code, too.

> As there's no newline on the first, printk is
> async and can be interleaved by other threads.

...which will probably never happen here, due to feezer.

									Pavel
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