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Re: [PATCH] wifi: mac80211: Use subsystem appropriate debug call

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Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@xxxxxxx> writes:

> On 12/21/2023 00:38, Kalle Valo wrote:
>
>> "Ma, Jun" <majun@xxxxxxx> writes:
>> 
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> On 12/18/2023 11:17 PM, Kalle Valo wrote:
>>>> Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@xxxxxxx> writes:
>>>>
>>>>> mac80211 doesn't use dev_dbg() but instead various macros from
>>>>> net/mac80211/debug.h. Adjust wbrf code to use wiphy_dbg() instead.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cc: Jun Ma <Jun.ma2@xxxxxxx>
>>>>> Reported-by: kvalo@xxxxxxxxxx
>>>>> Closes:
>>>>> https://lore.kernel.org/amd-gfx/8bd60010-7534-4c22-9337-c4219946d8d6@xxxxxxx/T/#mfe2f29372c45130d27745912faf33d9f7ce50118
>>>>> Fixes: d34be4310cbe ("wifi: mac80211: Add support for WBRF features")
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@xxxxxxx>
>>>>> ---
>>>>>   net/mac80211/wbrf.c | 4 ++--
>>>>>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>>>>
>>>>> diff --git a/net/mac80211/wbrf.c b/net/mac80211/wbrf.c
>>>>> index a05c5b971789..12c23e14f884 100644
>>>>> --- a/net/mac80211/wbrf.c
>>>>> +++ b/net/mac80211/wbrf.c
>>>>> @@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ void ieee80211_check_wbrf_support(struct ieee80211_local *local)
>>>>>   		return;
>>>>>     	local->wbrf_supported =
>>>>> acpi_amd_wbrf_supported_producer(dev);
>>>>> -	dev_dbg(dev, "WBRF is %s supported\n",
>>>>> -		local->wbrf_supported ? "" : "not");
>>>>> +	wiphy_dbg(wiphy, "WBRF is %s supported\n",
>>>>> +		  local->wbrf_supported ? "" : "not");
>>>>>   }
>>>>
>>>> This won't work, I still see the debug message:
>>>>
>>>> [  333.765867] ieee80211 phy0: WBRF is not supported
>>>>
>>>> The issue seems to be that mac80211 defines DEBUG in
>>>> net/mac80211/Makefile:
>>>>
>>>> ccflags-y += -DDEBUG
>>>>
>>>> That -DDEBUG should be cleaned up, but I think separately. It's just
>>>> that I cannot come up with any good proposal, all the macros in
>>>> net/mac80211/debug.h require sdata and we don't have that in this stage.
>>>> Any ideas?
>>>
>>> I will submit a patch that only compiles wbrf.c when CONFIG_AMD_WBRF=y
>> But does this mean that the debug is still printed when
>> CONFIG_AMD_WBRF
>> is enabled? And I would assume all distros enable that, right?
>> 
>
> Maybe just discard the debug message instead of have to deal with this.
>
> We'll be able to tell from the consumer (amdgpu right now) when WBRF
> is being used and if we need to debug an issue knowing that it's
> supported or not supported from the producer side is the least of our
> worries.

Yeah, removing the message for now is the best solution. It can be added
later after we have improved mac80211 logging.

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