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diff --git a/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst b/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst
index c48382c6b4..9c7cf73473 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ Do not unnecessarily use braces where a single statement will do.
and
-.. code-block:: none
+.. code-block:: c
if (condition)
do_this();
@@ -586,9 +586,9 @@ fix for this is to split it up into two error labels ``err_free_bar:`` and
.. code-block:: c
- err_free_bar:
+ err_free_bar:
kfree(foo->bar);
- err_free_foo:
+ err_free_foo:
kfree(foo);
return ret;
@@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ make a good program).
So, you can either get rid of GNU emacs, or change it to use saner
values. To do the latter, you can stick the following in your .emacs file:
-.. code-block:: none
+.. code-block:: elisp
(defun c-lineup-arglist-tabs-only (ignored)
"Line up argument lists by tabs, not spaces"
@@ -679,7 +679,7 @@ values. To do the latter, you can stick the following in your .emacs file:
(c-offsets-alist . (
(arglist-close . c-lineup-arglist-tabs-only)
(arglist-cont-nonempty .
- (c-lineup-gcc-asm-reg c-lineup-arglist-tabs-only))
+ (c-lineup-gcc-asm-reg c-lineup-arglist-tabs-only))
(arglist-intro . +)
(brace-list-intro . +)
(c . c-lineup-C-comments)
@@ -899,7 +899,8 @@ which you should use to make sure messages are matched to the right device
and driver, and are tagged with the right level: dev_err(), dev_warn(),
dev_info(), and so forth. For messages that aren't associated with a
particular device, <linux/printk.h> defines pr_notice(), pr_info(),
-pr_warn(), pr_err(), etc.
+pr_warn(), pr_err(), etc. When drivers are working properly they are quiet,
+so prefer to use dev_dbg/pr_debug unless something is wrong.
Coming up with good debugging messages can be quite a challenge; and once
you have them, they can be a huge help for remote troubleshooting. However