Hi everyone, DRM_USE_DYNAMIC_DEBUG=y has a regression on rc-* Regression is due to a chicken-egg problem loading modules; on `modprobe i915`, drm is loaded 1st, and drm.debug is set. When drm_debug_enabled() tested __drm_debug at runtime, that just worked. But with DRM_USE_DYNAMIC_DEBUG=y, the runtime test is replaced with a post-load enablement of drm_dbg/dyndbg callsites (static-keys), via dyndbg's callback on __drm_debug. Since all drm-drivers need drm.ko, it is loaded 1st, then drm.debug=X is applied, then drivers load, but too late for drm_dbgs to be enabled. STATUS For all-loadable drm,i915,amdgpu configs, it almost works, but propagating drm.debug to dependent modules doesnt actually apply, though the motions are there. This is not the problem I want to chase here. The more basic trouble is: For builtin drm + helpers, things are broken pretty early; at the beginning of dynamic_debug_init(). As the ddebug_sanity() commit-msg describes in some detail, the records added by _USE fail to reference the struct ddebug_class_map created and exported by _DEFINE, but get separate addresses to "other" data that segv's when used as the expected pointer. FWIW, the pointer val starts with "revi". OVERVIEW DECLARE_DYNDBG_CLASSMAP is broken: it is one-size-fits-all-poorly. It muddles the distinction between a (single) definition, and multiple references. Something exported should suffice. The core of this patchset splits it into: DYNDBG_CLASSMAP_DEFINE used once per subsystem to define each classmap DYNDBG_CLASSMAP_USE declare dependence on a DEFINEd classmap This makes the weird coordinated-changes-by-identical-classmaps "feature" unnecessary; the DEFINE can export the var, and USE refers to the exported var. So this patchset adds another section: __dyndbg_class_refs. It is like __dyndbg_classes; it is scanned under ddebug_add_module(), and attached to each module's ddebug_table. Once attached, it can be used like classes to validate and apply class FOO >control queries. It also maps the class user -> definer explicitly, so that when the module is loaded, the section scan can find the kernel-param that is wired to dyndbg's kparam-callback, and apply its state-var, forex: __drm_debug to the just loaded helper/driver module. Theres plenty to address Im sure. Jim Cromie (17): test-dyndbg: fixup CLASSMAP usage error test-dyndbg: show that DEBUG enables prdbgs at compiletime dyndbg: fix readback value on LEVEL_NAMES interfaces dyndbg: replace classmap list with a vector dyndbg: make ddebug_apply_class_bitmap more selective dyndbg: dynamic_debug_init - use pointer inequality, not strcmp dyndbg: drop NUM_TYPE_ARRAY dyndbg: reduce verbose/debug clutter dyndbg-API: replace DECLARE_DYNDBG_CLASSMAP with DYNDBG_CLASSMAP(_DEFINE|_USE) dyndbg-API: specialize DYNDBG_CLASSMAP_(DEFINE|USE) dyndbg-API: DYNDBG_CLASSMAP_USE drop extra args dyndbg-API: DYNDBG_CLASSMAP_DEFINE() improvements drm_print: fix stale macro-name in comment dyndbg: unwrap __ddebug_add_module inner function NOTYET dyndbg: ddebug_sanity() dyndbg: mess-w-dep-class dyndbg: miss-on HACK drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_drv.c | 14 +- drivers/gpu/drm/display/drm_dp_helper.c | 14 +- drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc_helper.c | 14 +- drivers/gpu/drm/drm_print.c | 22 +-- drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_params.c | 14 +- drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drm.c | 14 +- include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h | 3 + include/drm/drm_print.h | 6 +- include/linux/dynamic_debug.h | 57 ++++-- include/linux/map.h | 54 ++++++ kernel/module/main.c | 2 + lib/dynamic_debug.c | 240 +++++++++++++++++++----- lib/test_dynamic_debug.c | 47 ++--- 13 files changed, 344 insertions(+), 157 deletions(-) create mode 100644 include/linux/map.h -- 2.38.1