[Intel-gfx] [PATCH] drm/i915: Remove function details from device error messages

Chris Wilson chris at chris-wilson.co.uk
Mon Jul 9 13:48:58 UTC 2018


Error messages are intended to be addressed to the user; be clear,
succinct, instructive and unambiguous. Adding the function name to
that message does not add any information the user requires and in
the process makes the message less clear.

E.g.

[  245.539711] i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm:i915_gem_init [i915]] Failed to initialize GPU, declaring it wedged!

becomes

[  245.539711] i915 0000:00:02.0: Failed to initialize GPU, declaring it wedged!

Signed-off-by: Chris Wilson <chris at chris-wilson.co.uk>
---
 drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c | 11 +++++++----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
index 2959c88a37a5..c2b9a4a0ee49 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
@@ -104,8 +104,13 @@ __i915_printk(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv, const char *level,
 	vaf.fmt = fmt;
 	vaf.va = &args;
 
-	dev_printk(level, kdev, "[" DRM_NAME ":%ps] %pV",
-		   __builtin_return_address(0), &vaf);
+	if (is_error)
+		dev_printk(level, kdev, "%pV", &vaf);
+	else
+		dev_printk(level, kdev, "[" DRM_NAME ":%ps] %pV",
+			   __builtin_return_address(0), &vaf);
+
+	va_end(args);
 
 	if (is_error && !shown_bug_once) {
 		/*
@@ -117,8 +122,6 @@ __i915_printk(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv, const char *level,
 			dev_notice(kdev, "%s", FDO_BUG_MSG);
 		shown_bug_once = true;
 	}
-
-	va_end(args);
 }
 
 /* Map PCH device id to PCH type, or PCH_NONE if unknown. */
-- 
2.18.0



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