On 2018-12-06 3:51 a.m., Joe Perches wrote:
> On Thu, 2018-12-06 at 10:40 +0800, Zhang, Jerry(Junwei) wrote:
>> On 12/6/18 12:56 AM, Michel Dänzer wrote:
>>> From: Michel Dänzer <michel.daenzer@xxxxxxx>
>>>
>>> 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")
>
> I very much doubt this is a fix.
>
> Did you read the commit log for this commit?
>
> It says "make sure it will always produce output"
I thought the commit log covered this, suggestions for improvement welcome.
Chris' change addressed case 1a), but also took us from 2a) to 2b). But
we want 2a).
I suspect Chris missed that pr_debug()'s output is visible by default if
CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG and DEBUG are both defined.
> And why didn't you cc Chris Wilson, the author of that patch?
I used the get_maintainer.pl script. Thanks for adding Chris.
P.S. FYI, your e-mail had a very aggressive tone to me, not sure what for.
>>> Signed-off-by: Michel Dänzer <michel.daenzer@xxxxxxx>
>> Reviewed-by: Junwei Zhang <Jerry.Zhang@xxxxxxx>
>>
>>> ---
>>> drivers/gpu/drm/drm_print.c | 6 ++++--
>>> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_print.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_print.c
>>> index 0e7fc3e7dfb4..ee56e4a1b343 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_print.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_print.c
>>> @@ -23,11 +23,13 @@
>>> * Rob Clark <robdclark@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> */
>>>
>>> -#define DEBUG /* for pr_debug() */
>>> -
>>> #include <stdarg.h>
>>> #include <linux/seq_file.h>
>>> #include <drm/drmP.h>
>>> +
>>> +#ifndef CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG
>>> +#define DEBUG /* for pr_debug() */
>>> +#endif
>>> #include <drm/drm_print.h>
>>>
>>> void __drm_puts_coredump(struct drm_printer *p, const char *str)
>
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