From: Arjan van de Ven Now that WARN() exists, we can fold some of the printk's into it. Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven Cc: Greg KH Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- lib/kobject.c | 9 +++------ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff -puN lib/kobject.c~example-use-of-warn lib/kobject.c --- a/lib/kobject.c~example-use-of-warn +++ a/lib/kobject.c @@ -215,9 +215,8 @@ static int kobject_add_internal(struct k return -ENOENT; if (!kobj->name || !kobj->name[0]) { - pr_debug("kobject: (%p): attempted to be registered with empty " + WARN(1, "kobject: (%p): attempted to be registered with empty " "name!\n", kobj); - WARN_ON(1); return -EINVAL; } @@ -627,12 +626,10 @@ static void kobject_release(struct kref void kobject_put(struct kobject *kobj) { if (kobj) { - if (!kobj->state_initialized) { - printk(KERN_WARNING "kobject: '%s' (%p): is not " + if (!kobj->state_initialized) + WARN(1, KERN_WARNING "kobject: '%s' (%p): is not " "initialized, yet kobject_put() is being " "called.\n", kobject_name(kobj), kobj); - WARN_ON(1); - } kref_put(&kobj->kref, kobject_release); } } _