Re: [PATCH] ACPI / EC: Remove non-standard log emphasis

[Rafael J. Wysocki]

On Wednesday, February 25, 2015 03:01:08 PM Scot Doyle wrote:
> On Wed, 25 Feb 2015, Zheng, Lv wrote:
> ...
> > > I was using "+++++"/"#####"/"*****" to filter different EC log entries which makes debugging easier.
> > > And, if we changed this from pr_info into pr_debug, then we will have nothing in the suspend/resume logs for the EC device.
> > > While there are plenty of such log entries for each of other devices.
> > > So I really doubt what's the meaning of such a change.
> > > Could it improve anything or just make debugging more difficult for developers?
> > 
> > IMO, it's better to introduce such kind of code in the head of ec.c:
> > 
> > #ifdef DEBUG_FILTER
> > #define EC_LOG_DEV "+++++"
> > #define EC_LOG_CMD "*****"
> > #define EC_LOG_EVT "#####"
> > ...
> > #else
> > #define EC_LOG_DEV
> > #define EC_LOG_CMD
> > #define EC_LOG_EVT
> > #endif
> > 
> > And wrap the pr_info, pr_debug using filter enabled new macros - ec_info, ec_debug so that we won't see the filters in the normal dmesg output and the filters are still available for the developers.
> > 
> > Thanks and best regards
> > -Lv
> 
> I agree, would you be willing to submit it?

Yes, sounds good to me too!


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Rafael J. Wysocki, Intel Open Source Technology Center.
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