On Thu, May 09, 2019 at 06:47:57PM +0800, Yi Wang wrote: > There are many functions invoke apic_debug(), which is defined > a null function by default, and that's incovenient for debuging > lapic. > > This patch allows setting apic debug according to add a apic_dbg > parameter of kvm. > > Signed-off-by: Yi Wang <wang.yi59@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > v2: change apic_dbg to bool and tag __read_mostly. Thanks to Sean. > > arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c | 7 ++++++- > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c > index 9bf70cf..0827e7c 100644 > --- a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c > +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c > @@ -54,8 +54,13 @@ > #define PRIu64 "u" > #define PRIo64 "o" > > +static bool apic_dbg __read_mostly; > +module_param(apic_dbg, bool, 0644); Probably don't need to shorten "debug". > + > /* #define apic_debug(fmt,arg...) printk(KERN_WARNING fmt,##arg) */ > -#define apic_debug(fmt, arg...) do {} while (0) > +#define apic_debug(fmt, arg...) do { if (apic_dbg) \ > + printk(KERN_DEBUG fmt, ##arg); \ > +} while (0) Pulling in your comment regarding sched_debug and noirqdebug... On Thu, May 09, 2019 at 08:29:38AM +0800, wang.yi59@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Also, we have some similar parameters already, such like sched_debug, > noirqdebug :) The IRQ debug hook is a completely different beast than the APIC debug messages. sched_debug is a much better comparison. The param only exists if CONFIG_SCHED_DEBUG=y, which is "default y" but "depends on DEBUG_KERNEL". That seems like the route to go if we want the ability to toggle APIC debugging at runtime. And if we go with an all encompassing config, e.g. CONFIG_KVM_DEBUG, we can use it to wrap x86/mmu.c's debug param as well (and rename it to mmu_debug). > > /* 14 is the version for Xeon and Pentium 8.4.8*/ > #define APIC_VERSION (0x14UL | ((KVM_APIC_LVT_NUM - 1) << 16)) > -- > 1.8.3.1 >