Re: [PATCH] staging: brcm80211: brcmfmac: Add and use dhd_dbg

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On Wed, 2011-05-18 at 15:45 -0700, Henry Ptasinski wrote:
> On 05/18/2011 11:23 AM, Joe Perches wrote:
> > All uses of DHD_<TYPE>  macros are for debugging only.
> > Change the multiple uses of DHD_<TYPE>((...)) to dhd_dbg(TYPE, ...)
> > for a more consistent style.
> I generally like this approach, but in brcmsmac we've been switching to 
> wiphy_err() and related instead.  Any strong argument for one over the 
> other?

These aren't described as errors but are debugging messages.
 
> > -       DHD_TRACE(("%s: Enter\n", __func__));
> > +       dhd_dbg(TRACE, "%s: Enter\n", __func__);
> I'd propose moving __func__ into the macro definition itself, which 
> would help ensure consistency (and shorten all the debug lines a bit).

I think TRACE is unnecessary and can be eliminated
and replaced by the function tracer.

Not all uses use __func__.
I think __func__ unnecessary and it should be avoided.

Other than that, I've no objections.

> Also, perhaps rename to "brcm_dbg()", "bcm_dbg()" or something like that 
> and move it into include/bcmutils.h, so brcmsmac can use it as well.

Your choice.

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