dyndbg's dynamic prefixing (by +tmfsl flags) is needlessly expensive. When an enabled (with +p) pr_debug is called, _DPRINTK_FLAGS_INCL_ANY prefix decorations are sprintf'd into stack-mem for every call. This string (or part of it) could be cached once its 1st generated, and retreived thereafter, as long as its deleted any time the callsite's flags are changed afterwards. So consider the prefix/decoration flags: 'tmfsl', and what should be in the cache: -t thread-id. not part of the "callsite" info, derived from current. doesnt belong in the cache. it would be wrong. can be done in outer: dynamic_emit_prefix() -l line number this could be part of the prefix, but would bloat the cache can also be done in outer: dynamic_emit_prefix() -mfs module, function, source-file we cache these, composed into a sub-string. they are "lookups", currently to descriptor fields, could be accessor macros to "compressed" tables. cache saves more access work. All enabled together, they compose a prefix string like: # outer -----inner---------- outer "[tid] module:function:sourcfile:line: " So this patch extracts _DPRINTK_FLAGS_INCL_LOOKUP macro out of _DPRINTK_FLAGS_INCL_ANY macro, then redefs latter. Next re-refactor dynamic_emit_prefix inner/outer fns accordingly. Signed-off-by: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@xxxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/dynamic_debug.h | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/dynamic_debug.h b/include/linux/dynamic_debug.h index bdb0d12b13ec..c5609560ca1b 100644 --- a/include/linux/dynamic_debug.h +++ b/include/linux/dynamic_debug.h @@ -40,10 +40,12 @@ struct _ddebug { #define _DPRINTK_FLAGS_INCL_SOURCENAME (1<<5) #define _DPRINTK_FLAGS_PREFIX_CACHED (1<<7) -#define _DPRINTK_FLAGS_INCL_ANY \ - (_DPRINTK_FLAGS_INCL_MODNAME | _DPRINTK_FLAGS_INCL_FUNCNAME |\ - _DPRINTK_FLAGS_INCL_LINENO | _DPRINTK_FLAGS_INCL_TID |\ +#define _DPRINTK_FLAGS_INCL_LOOKUP \ + (_DPRINTK_FLAGS_INCL_MODNAME | _DPRINTK_FLAGS_INCL_FUNCNAME | \ _DPRINTK_FLAGS_INCL_SOURCENAME) +#define _DPRINTK_FLAGS_INCL_ANY \ + (_DPRINTK_FLAGS_INCL_LINENO | _DPRINTK_FLAGS_INCL_TID | \ + _DPRINTK_FLAGS_INCL_LOOKUP) #if defined DEBUG #define _DPRINTK_FLAGS_DEFAULT _DPRINTK_FLAGS_PRINT -- 2.41.0