From 243f3803cf2a3665092c5fd6f924f453694681a6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Date: Thu, 31 May 2012 16:26:09 -0700
Subject: checkpatch: suggest pr_<level> over printk(KERN_<LEVEL>

Suggest the shorter pr_<level> instead of printk(KERN_<LEVEL>.

Prefer to use pr_<level> over bare printks.
Prefer to use pr_warn over pr_warning.

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org>
Cc: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

(limited to 'scripts')

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 2262e1f57fa6..e5bd60ff48e3 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2382,6 +2382,19 @@ sub process {
 			}
 		}
 
+		if ($line =~ /\bprintk\s*\(\s*KERN_([A-Z]+)/) {
+			my $orig = $1;
+			my $level = lc($orig);
+			$level = "warn" if ($level eq "warning");
+			WARN("PREFER_PR_LEVEL",
+			     "Prefer pr_$level(... to printk(KERN_$1, ...\n" . $herecurr);
+		}
+
+		if ($line =~ /\bpr_warning\s*\(/) {
+			WARN("PREFER_PR_LEVEL",
+			     "Prefer pr_warn(... to pr_warning(...\n" . $herecurr);
+		}
+
 # function brace can't be on same line, except for #defines of do while,
 # or if closed on same line
 		if (($line=~/$Type\s*$Ident\(.*\).*\s{/) and
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