[RFC PATCH] drm/print: Add deprecation notes to DRM_...() functions
Thomas Zimmermann
tzimmermann at suse.de
Wed Sep 22 07:12:20 UTC 2021
Hi
Am 21.09.21 um 17:28 schrieb Douglas Anderson:
> It's hard for someone (like me) who's not following closely to know
> what the suggested best practices are for error printing in DRM
> drivers. Add some hints to the header file.
>
> In general, my understanding is that:
> * When possible we should be using a `struct drm_device` for logging
> and recent patches have tried to make it more possible to access a
> relevant `struct drm_device` in more places.
> * For most cases when we don't have a `struct drm_device`, we no
> longer bother with DRM-specific wrappers on the dev_...() functions
> or pr_...() functions and just encourage drivers to use the normal
> functions.
> * For debug-level functions where we might want filtering based on a
> category we'll still have DRM-specific wrappers, but we'll only
> support passing a `struct drm_device`, not a `struct
> device`. Presumably most of the cases where we want the filtering
> are messages that happen while the system is in a normal running
> state (AKA not during probe time) and we should have a `struct
> drm_device` then. If we absolutely can't get a `struct drm_device`
> then these functions begrudgingly accept NULL for the `struct
> drm_device` and hopefully the awkwardness of having to manually pass
> NULL will keep people from doing this unless absolutely necessary.
>
> Signed-off-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders at chromium.org>
Acked-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann at suse.de>
Thanks a lot.
> ---
>
> include/drm/drm_print.h | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/include/drm/drm_print.h b/include/drm/drm_print.h
> index 15a089a87c22..22fabdeed297 100644
> --- a/include/drm/drm_print.h
> +++ b/include/drm/drm_print.h
> @@ -340,6 +340,8 @@ void drm_dev_dbg(const struct device *dev, enum drm_debug_category category,
> /**
> * DRM_DEV_ERROR() - Error output.
> *
> + * NOTE: this is deprecated in favor of drm_err() or dev_err().
> + *
> * @dev: device pointer
> * @fmt: printf() like format string.
> */
> @@ -349,6 +351,9 @@ void drm_dev_dbg(const struct device *dev, enum drm_debug_category category,
> /**
> * DRM_DEV_ERROR_RATELIMITED() - Rate limited error output.
> *
> + * NOTE: this is deprecated in favor of drm_err_ratelimited() or
> + * dev_err_ratelimited().
> + *
> * @dev: device pointer
> * @fmt: printf() like format string.
> *
> @@ -364,9 +369,11 @@ void drm_dev_dbg(const struct device *dev, enum drm_debug_category category,
> DRM_DEV_ERROR(dev, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__); \
> })
>
> +/* NOTE: this is deprecated in favor of drm_info() or dev_info(). */
> #define DRM_DEV_INFO(dev, fmt, ...) \
> drm_dev_printk(dev, KERN_INFO, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
>
> +/* NOTE: this is deprecated in favor of drm_info_once() or dev_info_once(). */
> #define DRM_DEV_INFO_ONCE(dev, fmt, ...) \
> ({ \
> static bool __print_once __read_mostly; \
> @@ -379,6 +386,8 @@ void drm_dev_dbg(const struct device *dev, enum drm_debug_category category,
> /**
> * DRM_DEV_DEBUG() - Debug output for generic drm code
> *
> + * NOTE: this is deprecated in favor of drm_dbg_core().
> + *
> * @dev: device pointer
> * @fmt: printf() like format string.
> */
> @@ -387,6 +396,8 @@ void drm_dev_dbg(const struct device *dev, enum drm_debug_category category,
> /**
> * DRM_DEV_DEBUG_DRIVER() - Debug output for vendor specific part of the driver
> *
> + * NOTE: this is deprecated in favor of drm_dbg() or dev_dbg().
> + *
> * @dev: device pointer
> * @fmt: printf() like format string.
> */
> @@ -395,6 +406,8 @@ void drm_dev_dbg(const struct device *dev, enum drm_debug_category category,
> /**
> * DRM_DEV_DEBUG_KMS() - Debug output for modesetting code
> *
> + * NOTE: this is deprecated in favor of drm_dbg_kms().
> + *
> * @dev: device pointer
> * @fmt: printf() like format string.
> */
> @@ -480,47 +493,63 @@ void __drm_err(const char *format, ...);
> #define _DRM_PRINTK(once, level, fmt, ...) \
> printk##once(KERN_##level "[" DRM_NAME "] " fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
>
> +/* NOTE: this is deprecated in favor of pr_info(). */
> #define DRM_INFO(fmt, ...) \
> _DRM_PRINTK(, INFO, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
> +/* NOTE: this is deprecated in favor of pr_notice(). */
> #define DRM_NOTE(fmt, ...) \
> _DRM_PRINTK(, NOTICE, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
> +/* NOTE: this is deprecated in favor of pr_warn(). */
> #define DRM_WARN(fmt, ...) \
> _DRM_PRINTK(, WARNING, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
>
> +/* NOTE: this is deprecated in favor of pr_info_once(). */
> #define DRM_INFO_ONCE(fmt, ...) \
> _DRM_PRINTK(_once, INFO, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
> +/* NOTE: this is deprecated in favor of pr_notice_once(). */
> #define DRM_NOTE_ONCE(fmt, ...) \
> _DRM_PRINTK(_once, NOTICE, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
> +/* NOTE: this is deprecated in favor of pr_warn_once(). */
> #define DRM_WARN_ONCE(fmt, ...) \
> _DRM_PRINTK(_once, WARNING, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
>
> +/* NOTE: this is deprecated in favor of pr_err(). */
> #define DRM_ERROR(fmt, ...) \
> __drm_err(fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
>
> +/* NOTE: this is deprecated in favor of pr_err_ratelimited(). */
> #define DRM_ERROR_RATELIMITED(fmt, ...) \
> DRM_DEV_ERROR_RATELIMITED(NULL, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
>
> +/* NOTE: this is deprecated in favor of drm_dbg_core(NULL, ...). */
> #define DRM_DEBUG(fmt, ...) \
> __drm_dbg(DRM_UT_CORE, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
>
> +/* NOTE: this is deprecated in favor of drm_dbg(NULL, ...). */
> #define DRM_DEBUG_DRIVER(fmt, ...) \
> __drm_dbg(DRM_UT_DRIVER, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
>
> +/* NOTE: this is deprecated in favor of drm_dbg_kms(NULL, ...). */
> #define DRM_DEBUG_KMS(fmt, ...) \
> __drm_dbg(DRM_UT_KMS, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
>
> +/* NOTE: this is deprecated in favor of drm_dbg_prime(NULL, ...). */
> #define DRM_DEBUG_PRIME(fmt, ...) \
> __drm_dbg(DRM_UT_PRIME, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
>
> +/* NOTE: this is deprecated in favor of drm_dbg_atomic(NULL, ...). */
> #define DRM_DEBUG_ATOMIC(fmt, ...) \
> __drm_dbg(DRM_UT_ATOMIC, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
>
> +/* NOTE: this is deprecated in favor of drm_dbg_vbl(NULL, ...). */
> #define DRM_DEBUG_VBL(fmt, ...) \
> __drm_dbg(DRM_UT_VBL, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
>
> +/* NOTE: this is deprecated in favor of drm_dbg_lease(NULL, ...). */
> #define DRM_DEBUG_LEASE(fmt, ...) \
> __drm_dbg(DRM_UT_LEASE, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
>
> +/* NOTE: this is deprecated in favor of drm_dbg_dp(NULL, ...). */
> #define DRM_DEBUG_DP(fmt, ...) \
> __drm_dbg(DRM_UT_DP, fmt, ## __VA_ARGS__)
>
> @@ -536,6 +565,7 @@ void __drm_err(const char *format, ...);
> #define drm_dbg_kms_ratelimited(drm, fmt, ...) \
> __DRM_DEFINE_DBG_RATELIMITED(KMS, drm, fmt, ## __VA_ARGS__)
>
> +/* NOTE: this is deprecated in favor of drm_dbg_kms_ratelimited(NULL, ...). */
> #define DRM_DEBUG_KMS_RATELIMITED(fmt, ...) drm_dbg_kms_ratelimited(NULL, fmt, ## __VA_ARGS__)
>
> /*
>
--
Thomas Zimmermann
Graphics Driver Developer
SUSE Software Solutions Germany GmbH
Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany
(HRB 36809, AG Nürnberg)
Geschäftsführer: Felix Imendörffer
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