Maybe simplest approach to address your request is to add a less noisy (pr_notice, or pr_info if you prefer) as xfs does in the example you mentioned: > xfs_log.c: xfs_notice(mp, "Mounting V%d Filesystem", Would be small addition to the following in cifs_debug.h /* information message: e.g., configuration, major event */ #define cifs_dbg_func(ratefunc, type, fmt, ...) \ do { \ if ((type) & FYI && cifsFYI & CIFS_INFO) { \ pr_debug_ ## ratefunc("%s: " \ fmt, __FILE__, ##__VA_ARGS__); \ } else if ((type) & VFS) { \ pr_err_ ## ratefunc("CIFS VFS: " \ fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__); \ On Sat, Oct 6, 2018 at 2:32 PM Rodrigo Freire <rfreire@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi Steve! o/ > > Appreciate your time and review. > > For a v3, what would you like more: a pr_info() straight away in the code > for the message, or, writing a new cifs_info() function wrapping > over pr_info, like we have in cifs_dbg (which translates to pr_debug or pr_err)? > > Waiting for your comments. Thanks! > > --- > Rodrigo Freire - Principal Technical Account Manager > GLOBAL CUSTOMER SUCCESS - Partnering with you to help achieve your business goals > redhat.com | TRIED. TESTED. TRUSTED. | redhat.com/trusted > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Steve French" <smfrench@xxxxxxxxx> > > To: rfreire@xxxxxxxxxx > > Cc: "LKML" <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Steve French" > > <sfrench@xxxxxxxxx>, "CIFS" <linux-cifs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Pavel Shilovsky" > > <piastryyy@xxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Saturday, October 6, 2018 4:09:30 PM > > Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] CIFS: Print message when attempting a mount > > > On Tue, Oct 2, 2018 at 4:53 PM Rodrigo Freire <rfreire@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > Hi hi again Steve \o > > > > > > I do see potential for a ftrace rewrite for the cifs_dbg messages. > > > Was looking at this on current kernels and debugging mount is probably > > fine for developers (or users) - plenty of debug messages get printed > > via the dynamic ftrace points. In practice some would prefer less > > noisy trace logs so the minimum set for some would be something like > > this (which already works with current cifs). If we want to add some > > default log messages on mount to dmesg instead of the trace-cmd log, > > maybe we should log them at a slightly less noisy level (as we see > > with xfs and btrfs) so they will be more log friendly -- Thanks, Steve