@@ -4543,16 +4543,23 @@ sub process {
"printk() should include KERN_<LEVEL> facility level\n" . $herecurr);
}
- if ($line =~ /\bprintk\s*\(\s*KERN_([A-Z]+)/) {
- my $orig = $1;
+# prefer variants of (subsystem|netdev|dev|pr)_<level> to printk(KERN_<LEVEL>
+ if ($line =~ /\b(printk(_once|_ratelimited)?)\s*\(\s*KERN_([A-Z]+)/) {
+ my $printk = $1;
+ my $modifier = $2;
+ my $orig = $3;
+ $modifier = "" if (!defined($modifier));
my $level = lc($orig);
$level = "warn" if ($level eq "warning");
my $level2 = $level;
$level2 = "dbg" if ($level eq "debug");
+ $level .= $modifier;
+ $level2 .= $modifier;
WARN("PREFER_PR_LEVEL",
- "Prefer [subsystem eg: netdev]_$level2([subsystem]dev, ... 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" . $herecurr);
}
+# prefer dev_<level> to dev_printk(KERN_<LEVEL>
if ($line =~ /\bdev_printk\s*\(\s*KERN_([A-Z]+)/) {
my $orig = $1;
my $level = lc($orig);