[PATCH v4 10/25] dyndbg: reword "class unknown," to "class:_UNKNOWN_"
From: Jim Cromie
Date: Tue Jun 02 2026 - 18:52:00 EST
When a dyndbg classname is unknown to a kernel module, the callsite is
un-addressable via >control queries.
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 classmap coding error condition, which should be
detected before review.
b- SHOUTING the error makes it uniquely greppable.
c- the classmap feature is marked BROKEN for its only current user.
Signed-off-by: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Louis Chauvet <louis.chauvet@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
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 6b1e983cfedc..a9caf84ddb22 100644
--- a/lib/dynamic_debug.c
+++ b/lib/dynamic_debug.c
@@ -1166,7 +1166,7 @@ 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