On Sat, Jun 13, 2020 at 09:57:15AM -0600, Jim Cromie wrote:
> Regarding:
> commit 2b6783191da7 ("dynamic_debug: add trim_prefix() to provide source-root relative paths")
> commit a73619a845d5 ("kbuild: use -fmacro-prefix-map to make __FILE__ a relative path")
>
> 2nd commit broke dynamic-debug's "file $fullpath" query form, but
> nobody noticed because 1st commit had trimmed prefixes from
> control-file output, so the click-copy-pasting of fullpaths into new
> queries had ceased; that query form became unused.
>
> Removing the function is cleanest, but it could be useful in
> old-compiler corner cases, where __FILE__ still has /full/path,
> and it safely does nothing otherwize.
>
> So instead, quietly deprecate "file /full/path" query form, by
> removing all /full/paths examples in the docs. I skipped adding a
> back-compat note.
> ---
> .../admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst | 19 +++++++++----------
> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
None of your patches have a signed-off-by line so they can't be applied
anywhere :(
