Re: [PATCH 1/2] dev-core: fix build break when DEBUG is enabled

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 07:04:54PM +0300, Dmitry Kasatkin wrote:
> When DEBUG is defined, dev_dbg_ratelimited uses dynamic debug data
> structures even when CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG is not defined.
> It leads to build break.
> For example, when I try to use dev_dbg_ratelimited in USB code and
> CONFIG_USB_DEBUG is enabled, but CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG is not, I get:
> 
>   CC [M]  drivers/usb/host/xhci-ring.o
>   drivers/usb/host/xhci-ring.c: In function ‘xhci_queue_intr_tx’:
>   drivers/usb/host/xhci-ring.c:3059:3: error: implicit declaration of function ‘DEFINE_DYNAMIC_DEBUG_METADATA’ [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
>   drivers/usb/host/xhci-ring.c:3059:3: error: ‘descriptor’ undeclared (first use in this function)
>   drivers/usb/host/xhci-ring.c:3059:3: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in
>   drivers/usb/host/xhci-ring.c:3059:3: error: implicit declaration of function ‘__dynamic_pr_debug’ [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
>   drivers/usb/host/xhci-ring.c: In function ‘xhci_queue_isoc_tx_prepare’:
>   drivers/usb/host/xhci-ring.c:3847:3: error: ‘descriptor’ undeclared (first use in this function)
>   cc1: some warnings being treated as errors
>   make[2]: *** [drivers/usb/host/xhci-ring.o] Error 1
>   make[1]: *** [drivers/usb/host] Error 2
>   make: *** [drivers/usb/] Error 2
> 
> This patch separates definition for CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG and DEBUG cases.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Kasatkin <d.kasatkin@samsung.com>
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org

How is this a stable issue?  I don't see how the rules listed in
Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt apply here, what am I missing?

Not to say your patch isn't correct, just that it's not stable material,
right?

thanks,

greg k-h