[PATCH v4 00/58] fix CONFIG_DRM_USE_DYNAMIC_DEBUG=y

Jim Cromie jim.cromie at gmail.com
Sun Aug 3 03:57:18 UTC 2025


This series fixes dynamic-debug's support for DRM debug-categories.
Classmaps-v1 evaded full review, and got committed in 2 chunks:

  b7b4eebdba7b..6ea3bf466ac6    # core dyndbg changes
  0406faf25fb1..ee7d633f2dfb    # drm adoption

Then DRM-CI found a regression when booting with drm.debug=<initval>;
the callsites' static-keys under the drm-dbgs in drm.ko got enabled,
but those in drivers & helpers did not, since they weren't yet
modprobed, and didn't yet exist.

The fix is to retire DECLARE_DYNAMIC_DEBUG_CLASSMAP, and distinguish
DYNAMIC_DEBUG_CLASSMAP_USEs from _DEFINEs, then adjust the drivers to
_USE the CLASSMAP _DEFINEd by core drm.ko.  The _DEFINE exports the
classmap, the _USE refs it, adding a linkage dependency, just like
__drm_debug already does.

rev3 is here:
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20250402174156.1246171-1-jim.cromie@gmail.com/

changes since are minor:
 .rework several cleanup patches forward
 .code/doc/commit-msg tweaks for Louis Chauvet feedback.
 .refactor dyndbg dynamic-prefix to split TID from cacheable prefix
 .cflags for drivers/accel borrowing DRM.debug

Jim Cromie (58):
  docs/dyndbg: update examples \012 to \n
  docs/dyndbg: explain flags parse 1st
  test-dyndbg: fixup CLASSMAP usage error
  dyndbg: reword "class unknown," to "class:_UNKNOWN_"
  dyndbg: make ddebug_class_param union members same size
  dyndbg: drop NUM_TYPE_ARRAY
  dyndbg: tweak pr_fmt to avoid expansion conflicts
  dyndbg: reduce verbose/debug clutter
  dyndbg: refactor param_set_dyndbg_classes and below
  dyndbg: tighten fn-sig of ddebug_apply_class_bitmap
  dyndbg: replace classmap list with a vector
  dyndbg: macrofy a 2-index for-loop pattern
  dyndbg,module: make proper substructs in _ddebug_info
  dyndbg: hoist classmap-filter-by-modname up to ddebug_add_module
  dyndbg: ddebug_table.mod_name down to _ddebug_info
  dyndbg-API: remove DD_CLASS_TYPE_(DISJOINT|LEVEL)_NAMES and code
  selftests-dyndbg: add a dynamic_debug run_tests target
  dyndbg: change __dynamic_func_call_cls* macros into expressions
  dyndbg-API: replace DECLARE_DYNDBG_CLASSMAP
  dyndbg: detect class_id reservation conflicts
  dyndbg: check DYNAMIC_DEBUG_CLASSMAP_DEFINE args at compile-time
  dyndbg-test: change do_prints testpoint to accept a loopct
  dyndbg-API: promote DYNAMIC_DEBUG_CLASSMAP_PARAM to API
  dyndbg: treat comma as a token separator
  dyndbg: split multi-query strings with %
  selftests-dyndbg: add test_mod_submod
  dyndbg: drop "protection" of class'd pr_debugs from legacy queries
  dyndbg: restore classmap protection when theres a controlling_param
  docs/dyndbg: add classmap info to howto
  dyndbg: reserve flag-bit _DPRINTK_FLAGS_PREFIX_CACHED
  dyndbg: add _DPRINTK_FLAGS_INCL_LOOKUP for +mfsl flags
  dyndbg: refactor *dynamic_emit_prefix to split lookups
  drm: use correct ccflags-y spelling
  drm-dyndbg: adapt drm core to use dyndbg classmaps-v2
  drm-dyndbg: adapt DRM to invoke DYNAMIC_DEBUG_CLASSMAP_PARAM
  drm-print: fix config-dependent unused variable
  drm-dyndbg: DRM_CLASSMAP_USE in amdgpu driver
  drm-dyndbg: DRM_CLASSMAP_USE in i915 driver
  drm-dyndbg: DRM_CLASSMAP_USE in drm_crtc_helper
  drm-dyndbg: DRM_CLASSMAP_USE in drm_dp_helper
  drm-dyndbg: DRM_CLASSMAP_USE in nouveau
  drm-dyndbg: add DRM_CLASSMAP_USE to Xe driver
  drm-dyndbg: add DRM_CLASSMAP_USE to virtio_gpu
  drm-dyndbg: add DRM_CLASSMAP_USE to simpledrm
  drm-dyndbg: add DRM_CLASSMAP_USE to bochs
  drm-dyndbg: add DRM_CLASSMAP_USE to etnaviv
  drm-dyndbg: add DRM_CLASSMAP_USE to gma500 driver
  drm-dyndbg: add DRM_CLASSMAP_USE to radeon
  drm-dyndbg: add DRM_CLASSMAP_USE to vmwgfx driver
  drm-dyndbg: add DRM_CLASSMAP_USE to vkms driver
  drm-dyndbg: add DRM_CLASSMAP_USE to udl driver
  drm-dyndbg: add DRM_CLASSMAP_USE to mgag200 driver
  drm-dyndbg: add DRM_CLASSMAP_USE to the gud driver
  drm-dyndbg: add DRM_CLASSMAP_USE to the qxl driver
  drm-dyndbg: add DRM_CLASSMAP_USE to the drm_gem_shmem_helper driver
  drm: restore CONFIG_DRM_USE_DYNAMIC_DEBUG un-BROKEN
  amdxdna: add -DDYNAMIC_DEBUG_MODULE to cflags - RFC
  accel: add -DDYNAMIC_DEBUG_MODULE to subdir-cflags - RFC

 .../admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst       | 187 ++++-
 MAINTAINERS                                   |   3 +-
 drivers/accel/Makefile                        |   2 +
 drivers/accel/amdxdna/Makefile                |   2 +
 drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig.debug                 |   1 -
 drivers/gpu/drm/Makefile                      |   3 +-
 drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_drv.c       |  12 +-
 drivers/gpu/drm/display/drm_dp_helper.c       |  12 +-
 drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc_helper.c             |  12 +-
 drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_shmem_helper.c        |   1 +
 drivers/gpu/drm/drm_print.c                   |  38 +-
 drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_drv.c         |   2 +
 drivers/gpu/drm/gma500/psb_drv.c              |   2 +
 drivers/gpu/drm/gud/gud_drv.c                 |   2 +
 drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_params.c            |  12 +-
 drivers/gpu/drm/mgag200/mgag200_drv.c         |   2 +
 drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drm.c         |  12 +-
 drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_drv.c                 |   2 +
 drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_drv.c           |   2 +
 drivers/gpu/drm/sysfb/simpledrm.c             |   2 +
 drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/bochs.c                  |   2 +
 drivers/gpu/drm/udl/udl_main.c                |   2 +
 drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_drv.c          |   2 +
 drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_drv.c               |   2 +
 drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_drv.c           |   2 +
 drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_drm_client.c            |   2 +
 include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h             |   5 +-
 include/drm/drm_print.h                       |  12 +
 include/linux/dynamic_debug.h                 | 254 +++++--
 kernel/module/main.c                          |  15 +-
 lib/Kconfig.debug                             |  24 +-
 lib/Makefile                                  |   5 +
 lib/dynamic_debug.c                           | 679 +++++++++++-------
 lib/test_dynamic_debug.c                      | 203 ++++--
 lib/test_dynamic_debug_submod.c               |  21 +
 tools/testing/selftests/Makefile              |   1 +
 .../testing/selftests/dynamic_debug/Makefile  |   9 +
 tools/testing/selftests/dynamic_debug/config  |   7 +
 .../dynamic_debug/dyndbg_selftest.sh          | 373 ++++++++++
 39 files changed, 1423 insertions(+), 508 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 lib/test_dynamic_debug_submod.c
 create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/dynamic_debug/Makefile
 create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/dynamic_debug/config
 create mode 100755 tools/testing/selftests/dynamic_debug/dyndbg_selftest.sh

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