Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: ipx: Replace printk() with appropriate pr_*() macro

From: Greg KH <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2018 14:29:01 +0100

On Sun, Mar 04, 2018 at 02:29:35PM +0530, Arushi Singhal wrote:
> Using pr_<loglevel>() is more concise than printk(KERN_<LOGLEVEL>).
> Replace printks having a log level with the appropriate pr_*() macros.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arushi Singhal <[email-masked]>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/ipx/af_ipx.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/ipx/af_ipx.c b/drivers/staging/ipx/af_ipx.c
> index d21a9d1..27f4461 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/ipx/af_ipx.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/ipx/af_ipx.c
> @@ -744,7 +744,7 @@ static void ipxitf_discover_netnum(struct ipx_interface *intrfc,
>  			intrfc->if_netnum = cb->ipx_source_net;
>  			ipxitf_add_local_route(intrfc);
>  		} else {
> -			printk(KERN_WARNING "IPX: Network number collision "
> +			pr_warn("IPX: Network number collision "

It is a driver, so it would be best to use dev_warn() or even better
yet, net_warn().  Please try to make that change instead.

thanks,

greg k-h