firmware: simplify dev_*() print messages for generic helpers
authorLuis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@kernel.org>
Wed, 29 Apr 2015 23:30:43 +0000 (16:30 -0700)
committerMimi Zohar <zohar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Thu, 18 Feb 2016 22:13:59 +0000 (17:13 -0500)
commited04630b34c117347423a49af35125f5affff6b9
treec54885ab7c4e980f41f770113b09427e04c74625
parent4ad87a3d7444de08858e9dc8014e948670945b6c
firmware: simplify dev_*() print messages for generic helpers

Simplify a few of the *generic* shared dev_warn() and dev_dbg()
print messages for three reasons:

0) Historically firmware_class code was added to help
   get device driver firmware binaries but these days
   request_firmware*() helpers are being repurposed for
   general *system data* needed by the kernel.

1) This will also help generalize shared code as much as possible
   later in the future in consideration for a new extensible firmware
   API which will enable to separate usermode helper code out as much
   as possible.

2) Kees Cook pointed out the the prints already have the device
   associated as dev_*() helpers are used, that should help identify
   the user and case in which the helpers are used. That should provide
   enough context and simplifies the messages further.

v4: generalize debug/warn messages even further as suggested by
    Kees Cook.

Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc: Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
Cc: Ming Lei <ming.lei@canonical.com>
Cc: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
Cc: Vojtěch Pavlík <vojtech@suse.cz>
Cc: Kyle McMartin <kyle@kernel.org>
Cc: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
drivers/base/firmware_class.c