[PATCH 1/2] drm: Only #define DEBUG if CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG is disabled
Chris Wilson
chris at chris-wilson.co.uk
Thu Dec 6 09:12:59 UTC 2018
Quoting Zhang, Jerry(Junwei) (2018-12-06 02:40:42)
> On 12/6/18 12:56 AM, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> > From: Michel Dänzer <michel.daenzer at amd.com>
> >
> > The following cases are possible for pr_debug():
> >
> > 1. CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG disabled
> > a) DEBUG not defined: pr_debug() translates to no_printk(...), i.e.
> > it never generates any output.
> > b) DEBUG defined: pr_debug() translates to printk(KERN_DEBUG ...),
> > i.e. it generates output which doesn't appear in dmesg by default,
> > can be enabled dynamically.
> >
> > 2. CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG enabled: pr_debug() translates to
> > dynamic_pr_debug()
> > a) DEBUG not defined: dynamic_pr_debug() generates no output by
> > default, can be enabled dynamically.
> > b) DEBUG defined: dynamic_pr_debug() generates output by default,
> > can be disabled dynamically.
> >
> > The intention for drm_debug_printer() is to generate output which
> > doesn't appear in dmesg by default, but can be enabled dynamically, i.e.
> > cases 1b) and 2a). However, defining DEBUG unconditionally gave us 2b)
> > instead of 2a) with CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG enabled.
> >
> > Fixes: 79a5ad2fdb3c ("drm: Enable pr_debug() for drm_printer")
> > Signed-off-by: Michel Dänzer <michel.daenzer at amd.com>
> Reviewed-by: Junwei Zhang <Jerry.Zhang at amd.com>
At the cost of 1a? Nah.
-Chris
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