Re: iio: add configuration option for debug support

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 01:56:00PM +0100, Otavio Salvador wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Otavio Salvador <otavio@ossystems.com.br>
> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Cameron <jic23@kernel.org>
> ---
>  drivers/iio/Kconfig  | 7 +++++++
>  drivers/iio/Makefile | 2 ++
>  2 files changed, 9 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/iio/Kconfig b/drivers/iio/Kconfig
> index 524380c..b682f6f 100644
> --- a/drivers/iio/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/iio/Kconfig
> @@ -12,6 +12,13 @@ menuconfig IIO
>  
>  if IIO
>  
> +config IIO_DEBUG
> +	boolean "Debug support for Industrial I/O"
> +	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
> +	help
> +	  Say "yes" to enable debug messaging (like dev_dbg and pr_debug)
> +	  support in Industrial I/O subsystem and drivers.
> +
>  config IIO_BUFFER
>  	bool "Enable buffer support within IIO"
>  	help
> diff --git a/drivers/iio/Makefile b/drivers/iio/Makefile
> index 7a3866c..6e43e5b 100644
> --- a/drivers/iio/Makefile
> +++ b/drivers/iio/Makefile
> @@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
>  # Makefile for the industrial I/O core.
>  #
>  
> +ccflags-$(CONFIG_IIO_DEBUG) := -DDEBUG

No, please don't do this.  I'm going to revert this patch, as iio, and
the whole rest of the kernel, should be relying on the dynamic debug
code.  Don't force a user to rebuild their kernel to enable/disable
debug stuff, that doesn't work well, if at all.

As it is, dev_dbg and pr_debug work just fine with dynamic debugging, no
need to explicitly make a new Kconfig option and set the DEBUG flag on
at all.

thanks,

greg k-h