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From: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	 Jason Baron <jbaron@akamai.com>,
	Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>,
	 Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
	Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>,
	 Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@linux.intel.com>,
	 Maxime Ripard <mripard@kernel.org>,
	Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>,
	 David Airlie <airlied@gmail.com>,
	Simona Vetter <simona@ffwll.ch>,  Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
	Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>,
	 Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@suse.com>,
	Daniel Gomez <da.gomez@kernel.org>,
	 Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@google.com>,
	Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@atomlin.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
	 dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org,
	 linux-modules@vger.kernel.org,
	Louis Chauvet <louis.chauvet@bootlin.com>
Subject: [PATCH v5 03/18] dyndbg: reword "class unknown," to "class:_UNKNOWN_"
Date: Thu, 02 Jul 2026 10:40:55 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260702-dd-maint-2-v5-3-24f22b052bf2@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260702-dd-maint-2-v5-0-24f22b052bf2@gmail.com>

When a dyndbg classname is unknown to a kernel module, the callsite is
un-addressable via >control queries, and therefore uncontrollable.

The control-file displays this condition as "class unknown,"
currently.  That spelling is sub-optimal/too-generic, so change it to
"class:_UNKNOWN_" to loudly announce the erroneous situation, and to
make it uniquely greppable.

NB: while this might be seen as a user-visible change, this shouldn't
disqualify the change:

a- it reports a classmap coding error condition, which should be
   detected in (or before) review.
b- SHOUTING the error makes it more visible, uniquely greppable.
c- the classmap feature is marked BROKEN for its only current user.

Signed-off-by: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Louis Chauvet <louis.chauvet@bootlin.com>
---
 lib/dynamic_debug.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/dynamic_debug.c b/lib/dynamic_debug.c
index 577a07916072..a86e1d5845e6 100644
--- a/lib/dynamic_debug.c
+++ b/lib/dynamic_debug.c
@@ -1170,7 +1170,7 @@ static int ddebug_proc_show(struct seq_file *m, void *p)
 		if (class)
 			seq_printf(m, " class:%s", class);
 		else
-			seq_printf(m, " class unknown, _id:%d", dp->class_id);
+			seq_printf(m, " class:_UNKNOWN_ _id:%d", dp->class_id);
 	}
 	seq_putc(m, '\n');
 

-- 
2.54.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-07-02 16:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-07-02 16:40 [PATCH v5 00/18] dyndbg: cleanups, refactors in prep for API fix Jim Cromie
2026-07-02 16:40 ` [PATCH v5 01/18] dyndbg: factor ddebug_match_desc out from ddebug_change Jim Cromie
2026-07-02 16:40 ` [PATCH v5 02/18] dyndbg: add stub macro for DECLARE_DYNDBG_CLASSMAP Jim Cromie
2026-07-02 16:40 ` Jim Cromie [this message]
2026-07-02 16:40 ` [PATCH v5 04/18] dyndbg-API: remove DD_CLASS_TYPE_(DISJOINT|LEVEL)_NAMES and code Jim Cromie
2026-07-02 16:40 ` [PATCH v5 05/18] dyndbg: drop NUM_TYPE_ARGS Jim Cromie
2026-07-02 16:40 ` [PATCH v5 06/18] dyndbg: bump num-tokens in a query-cmd from 9 to 15 Jim Cromie
2026-07-02 16:40 ` [PATCH v5 07/18] dyndbg: reduce verbose/debug clutter Jim Cromie
2026-07-02 16:41 ` [PATCH v5 08/18] lib/parser: add match_wildcard_hyphen() for agnostic matching Jim Cromie
2026-07-02 16:41 ` [PATCH v5 09/18] dyndbg: use KBUILD_MODFILE for unique builtin module names Jim Cromie
2026-07-02 16:41 ` [PATCH v5 10/18] dyndbg: refactor param_set_dyndbg_classes and below Jim Cromie
2026-07-02 16:41 ` [PATCH v5 11/18] dyndbg: tighten fn-sig of ddebug_apply_class_bitmap Jim Cromie
2026-07-02 16:41 ` [PATCH v5 12/18] dyndbg: replace classmap list with an array-slice Jim Cromie
2026-07-02 16:41 ` [PATCH v5 13/18] dyndbg: macrofy a 2-index for-loop pattern Jim Cromie
2026-07-02 16:41 ` [PATCH v5 14/18] dyndbg: pin class param storage to u32 Jim Cromie
2026-07-02 16:41 ` [PATCH v5 15/18] dyndbg,module: make proper substructs in _ddebug_info Jim Cromie
2026-07-02 16:41 ` [PATCH v5 16/18] dyndbg: move mod_name down from struct ddebug_table to _ddebug_info Jim Cromie
2026-07-02 16:41 ` [PATCH v5 17/18] dyndbg: hoist classmap-filter-by-modname up to ddebug_add_module Jim Cromie
2026-07-02 16:41 ` [PATCH v5 18/18] dyndbg: change __dynamic_func_call_cls* macros into expressions Jim Cromie

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