Re: [PATCH 0/8] dynamic debug

From: Pavel Machek
Date: Fri Jun 20 2008 - 03:32:56 EST


On Mon 2008-06-16 11:26:12, Takashi Nishiie wrote:
> Hi.
>
> Jason Baron wrote:
> >Each kernel sub-system seems to have its own way of dealing with
> >debugging statements. Some of these methods include 'dprintk',
> >'pr_debug', 'dev_debug', 'DEBUGP'. There are also a myriad of
> >ways of enabling these statements.
>
> I propose to replace 'Pr_debug', 'Dev_debug', and 'DEBUGP' with
> kernel markers. SystemTap is used for the output of the log.

...which would make them unusable. You down want people trying to
debug kernel problems install/configure systemtap...

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