Taking embedded spaces out of existing prefixes makes them better class-prefixes; simplifying the nested quoting needed otherwise: $> echo "format '^gvt: core:' +p" >control Dropping the internal spaces means any trailing space in a query will more clearly terminate the prefix being searched for. Consider a generic drm-debug example: # turn off ATOMIC reports echo format "^drm:atomic: " -p > control # turn off all ATOMIC:* reports, including any sub-categories echo format "^drm:atomic:" -p > control # turn on ATOMIC:FAIL: reports echo format "^drm:atomic:fail: " +p > control Removing embedded spaces in the class-prefixes simplifies the corresponding match-prefix. This means that "quoted" match-prefixes are only needed when the trailing space is desired, in order to exclude explicitly sub-categorized pr-debugs; in this example, "drm:atomic:fail:". RFC: maybe the prefix catenation should paste in the " " class-prefix terminator explicitly. A pr_debug_() flavor could exclude the " ", allowing ad-hoc sub-categorization by appending for example, "fail:" to "drm:atomic:". Signed-off-by: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/debug.h | 18 +++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/debug.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/debug.h index c6027125c1ec..b4021f41c546 100644 --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/debug.h +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/debug.h @@ -36,30 +36,30 @@ do { \ } while (0) #define gvt_dbg_core(fmt, args...) \ - pr_debug("gvt: core: "fmt, ##args) + pr_debug("gvt:core: "fmt, ##args) #define gvt_dbg_irq(fmt, args...) \ - pr_debug("gvt: irq: "fmt, ##args) + pr_debug("gvt:irq: "fmt, ##args) #define gvt_dbg_mm(fmt, args...) \ - pr_debug("gvt: mm: "fmt, ##args) + pr_debug("gvt:mm: "fmt, ##args) #define gvt_dbg_mmio(fmt, args...) \ - pr_debug("gvt: mmio: "fmt, ##args) + pr_debug("gvt:mmio: "fmt, ##args) #define gvt_dbg_dpy(fmt, args...) \ - pr_debug("gvt: dpy: "fmt, ##args) + pr_debug("gvt:dpy: "fmt, ##args) #define gvt_dbg_el(fmt, args...) \ - pr_debug("gvt: el: "fmt, ##args) + pr_debug("gvt:el: "fmt, ##args) #define gvt_dbg_sched(fmt, args...) \ - pr_debug("gvt: sched: "fmt, ##args) + pr_debug("gvt:sched: "fmt, ##args) #define gvt_dbg_render(fmt, args...) \ - pr_debug("gvt: render: "fmt, ##args) + pr_debug("gvt:render: "fmt, ##args) #define gvt_dbg_cmd(fmt, args...) \ - pr_debug("gvt: cmd: "fmt, ##args) + pr_debug("gvt:cmd: "fmt, ##args) #endif -- 2.31.1