On Tue, Feb 09, 2021 at 07:08:17PM +0800, Yicong Yang wrote: > From: Junhao He <hejunhao2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > We use ccflags-$(CONFIG_HWMON_DEBUG_CHIP) for the debug > message in drivers/hwmon, but the DEBUG flag will not pass to > the subdirectory. > > Considering CONFIG_HWMON_DEBUG_CHIP intends to have DEBUG > recursively in driver/hwmon. It will be clearer > to use subdir-ccflags-* instead of ccflags-* to inherit > the debug settings from Kconfig when traversing subdirectories, > and it will avoid omittance of DEBUG define when debug messages > added in the subdirectories. > The above paragraph doesn't add clarity and may as well be dropped. On the other side, the commit message still doesn't mention that pr_debug depends on DEBUG, which I am sure many people don't know or remember. This is the prime reason why this patch is acceptable, so it most definitely needs to be mentioned here. Guenter > Suggested-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@xxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Junhao He <hejunhao2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Yicong Yang <yangyicong@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/hwmon/Makefile | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/Makefile b/drivers/hwmon/Makefile > index 09a86c5..1c0c089 100644 > --- a/drivers/hwmon/Makefile > +++ b/drivers/hwmon/Makefile > @@ -201,5 +201,5 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_SENSORS_XGENE) += xgene-hwmon.o > obj-$(CONFIG_SENSORS_OCC) += occ/ > obj-$(CONFIG_PMBUS) += pmbus/ > > -ccflags-$(CONFIG_HWMON_DEBUG_CHIP) := -DDEBUG > +subdir-ccflags-$(CONFIG_HWMON_DEBUG_CHIP) := -DDEBUG > > -- > 2.8.1 >