From: Jason Baron <jbaron@redhat.com>
To: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>
Cc: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@acm.org>,
joe@perches.com, gregkh@suse.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
gnb@fmeh.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/25] dynamic_debug: use pr_debug instead of pr_info
Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2011 14:27:09 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110803182709.GA2462@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJfuBxwS0rQG=REt9wwYde7d=j1a4z1JdV3fiJ2UexHychCbcw@mail.gmail.com>
On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 03:15:35PM -0600, Jim Cromie wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 12:24 PM, Jason Baron <jbaron@redhat.com> wrote:
> > On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 11:18:56AM +0200, Bart Van Assche wrote:
> >> On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 11:34 PM, Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 1:08 AM, Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@acm.org> wrote:
> >> >> Changing pr_info() into pr_debug() inside the dynamic_debug
> >> >> implementation seems like a really bad idea to me. Such changes make
> >> >> it hard to find out via source code reading whether or not there is a
> >> >> risk that invoking one of these pr_debug() macros will cause infinite
> >> >> recursion.
> >> >
> >> > WRT earlier discussion (Joe, Jason):
> >> >
> >> >> I think these should be pr_debug.
> >> >> I know you're only using the current style.
> >> >>
> >> >> Jason, any reason these can not be converted?
> >> >
> >> > it should be ok, although we have to be careful not to use them in the
> >> > printing path, since that will cause a recursion.
> >> >
> >> > Also, if there is an issue with the dynamic debug code, it makes it more
> >> > of a pain to debug :)
> >>
> >> With this approach enabling all debug printing in the dynamic_debug
> >> implementation requires both echoing into .../dynamic_debug/control
> >> and setting the "verbose" module parameter. That's not something I
> >> would call "elegant", but after all, I'm not the dynamic debug
> >> maintainer ...
> >>
> >> Bart.
> >
> > we certainly don't want to make ppl do both. why is the verbose param
> > still required?
> >
>
> Its needed to selectively enable pr_info()s,
> which I use cuz they happen too early for pr_debug() to be enabled.
ok, then I would suggest we just stay with the verbose flag, since we
don't want make ppl jump through two hoops, and as a bonus we avoid any
potential recursive issue.
thanks,
-Jason
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Thread overview: 47+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-07-25 21:42 [patch 00/25] dynamic_debug: multiple, pending queries in boot-arg Jim Cromie
2011-07-25 21:42 ` [PATCH 01/25] dynamic_debug: add pending flag 'a' to make pending queries explicit Jim Cromie
2011-07-25 21:42 ` [PATCH 02/25] dynamic_debug: change verbosity at runtime Jim Cromie
2011-07-25 21:42 ` [PATCH 03/25] dynamic_debug: use pr_debug instead of pr_info Jim Cromie
2011-07-26 7:08 ` Bart Van Assche
2011-07-27 21:34 ` Jim Cromie
2011-07-28 9:18 ` Bart Van Assche
2011-07-28 18:24 ` Jason Baron
2011-07-28 21:15 ` Jim Cromie
2011-08-03 18:27 ` Jason Baron [this message]
2011-08-03 19:52 ` Jim Cromie
2011-08-10 17:14 ` Jason Baron
2011-08-10 19:28 ` Jim Cromie
2011-07-25 21:42 ` [PATCH 04/25] dynamic_debug: replace strcpy with strlcpy, in ddebug_setup_query() Jim Cromie
2011-07-25 21:42 ` [PATCH 05/25] dynamic_debug: trim source-path prefix from dynamic_debug/control Jim Cromie
2011-07-25 21:42 ` [PATCH 06/25] dynamic_debug: process multiple commands on a line Jim Cromie
2011-07-25 21:42 ` [PATCH 07/25] dynamic_debug: enlarge command/query write buffer Jim Cromie
2011-07-25 21:42 ` [PATCH 08/25] dynamic_debug: warn when >1 of each type of match-spec is given Jim Cromie
2011-07-25 21:42 ` [PATCH 09/25] dynamic_debug: pr_err() call should not depend upon verbosity Jim Cromie
2011-07-25 21:42 ` [PATCH 10/25] dynamic_debug: dont kill entire facility on error parsing ddebug_query Jim Cromie
2011-07-25 21:42 ` [PATCH 11/25] dynamic_debug: factor show_ddebug_query out of ddebug_parse_query Jim Cromie
2011-07-26 7:13 ` Bart Van Assche
2011-07-26 7:15 ` Bart Van Assche
2011-07-26 16:21 ` Jim Cromie
2011-07-25 21:42 ` [PATCH 12/25] dynamic_debug: save non-matching queries to pending-list for later application Jim Cromie
2011-07-25 21:42 ` [PATCH 13/25] dynamic_debug: apply_pending_queries() from ddebug_add_module() Jim Cromie
2011-07-25 21:42 ` [PATCH 14/25] dynamic_debug: refactor query_matches_callsite out of ddebug_change Jim Cromie
2011-07-25 21:42 ` [PATCH 15/25] dynamic_debug: remove explicit foo != NULL checks Jim Cromie
2011-07-25 21:42 ` [PATCH 16/25] dynamic_debug: require 'a' flag to explicitly mark pending queries Jim Cromie
2011-07-26 7:26 ` Bart Van Assche
2011-07-27 17:27 ` Jim Cromie
2011-07-25 21:42 ` [PATCH 17/25] dynamic_debug: hoist locking in ddebug_change to callers Jim Cromie
2011-07-25 21:42 ` [PATCH 18/25] dynamic_debug: describe_flags with '=[pmflta_]*' Jim Cromie
2011-07-26 7:37 ` Bart Van Assche
2011-07-27 17:28 ` Jim Cromie
2011-07-25 21:42 ` [PATCH 19/25] dynamic_debug: add flags filtering to flags spec Jim Cromie
2011-07-25 21:42 ` [PATCH 20/25] dynamic_debug: remove pending query when flags zeroed Jim Cromie
2011-07-25 21:42 ` [PATCH 21/25] dynamic_debug: shrink struct pending query to size actually needed Jim Cromie
2011-07-26 7:32 ` Bart Van Assche
2011-07-27 18:41 ` Jim Cromie
2011-07-25 21:42 ` [PATCH 22/25] dynamic_debug: call ddebug_add_module() on dynamic_debug first Jim Cromie
2011-07-25 21:42 ` [PATCH 23/25] dynamic_debug: document pending queries, flags-filter, multiple queries Jim Cromie
2011-07-25 21:42 ` [PATCH 24/25] dynamic_debug: drop pr_fmt() from dynamic_pr_debug Jim Cromie
2011-07-26 2:23 ` Joe Perches
2011-07-26 3:45 ` Joe Perches
2011-07-26 5:54 ` Jim Cromie
2011-07-25 21:42 ` [PATCH 25/25] dynamic_debug: add $DBGFS/dynamic_debug/pending Jim Cromie
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