[PATCH v11 29/38] dyndbg: control-parser: treat comma as a token separator
From: Jim Cromie
Date: Wed Sep 23 2026 - 18:46:03 EST
Treat comma as a token terminator, just like a space. This allows a
user to avoid quoting hassles when spaces are otherwise needed:
:#> modprobe drm dyndbg=class,DRM_UT_CORE,+p\;class,DRM_UT_KMS,+p
Add corresponding Strategy 2 control-file fingerprinting checks to
verify the exact control-file state of kernel/params callsites after
commas-as-spaces, ignored-commas, and quoted-commas queries.
Signed-off-by: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst | 4 +++-
lib/dynamic_debug.c | 17 +++++++++++++----
.../testing/selftests/dynamic_debug/dyndbg_selftest.sh | 4 ++--
3 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst
index 9c2f096ed1d8..b9fbb2a12955 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst
@@ -78,11 +78,12 @@ Command Language Reference
==========================
At the basic lexical level, a command is a sequence of words separated
-by spaces or tabs. So these are all equivalent::
+by spaces, tabs, or commas. So these are all equivalent::
:#> ddcmd file svcsock.c line 1603 +p
:#> ddcmd "file svcsock.c line 1603 +p"
:#> ddcmd ' file svcsock.c line 1603 +p '
+ :#> ddcmd file,svcsock.c,line,1603,+p
Command submissions are bounded by a write() system call.
Multiple commands can be written together, separated by ``;`` or ``\n``::
@@ -172,6 +173,7 @@ module
module sunrpc
module nfsd
module drm* # both drm, drm_kms_helper
+ module,sunrpc # with ',' as token separator
format
The given string is searched for in the dynamic debug format
diff --git a/lib/dynamic_debug.c b/lib/dynamic_debug.c
index 8eef2e7387a9..6482fd28def4 100644
--- a/lib/dynamic_debug.c
+++ b/lib/dynamic_debug.c
@@ -323,6 +323,14 @@ static int ddebug_change(const struct ddebug_query *query, struct flag_settings
return nfound;
}
+static char *skip_spaces_and_commas(const char *str)
+{
+ str = skip_spaces(str);
+ while (*str == ',')
+ str = skip_spaces(++str);
+ return (char *)str;
+}
+
/*
* Split the buffer `buf' into space-separated words.
* Handles simple " and ' quoting, i.e. without nested,
@@ -336,8 +344,8 @@ static int ddebug_tokenize(char *buf, char *words[], int maxwords)
while (*buf) {
char *end;
- /* Skip leading whitespace */
- buf = skip_spaces(buf);
+ /* Skip leading whitespace and comma */
+ buf = skip_spaces_and_commas(buf);
if (!*buf)
break; /* oh, it was trailing whitespace */
if (*buf == '#')
@@ -353,7 +361,7 @@ static int ddebug_tokenize(char *buf, char *words[], int maxwords)
return -EINVAL; /* unclosed quote */
}
} else {
- for (end = buf; *end && !isspace(*end); end++)
+ for (end = buf; *end && !isspace(*end) && *end != ','; end++)
;
if (end == buf) {
pr_err("parse err after word:%d=%s\n", nwords,
@@ -628,7 +636,8 @@ static int ddebug_exec_queries(char *query, const char *modname)
if (split)
*split++ = '\0';
- query = skip_spaces(query);
+ query = skip_spaces_and_commas(query);
+
if (!query || !*query || *query == '#')
continue;
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/dynamic_debug/dyndbg_selftest.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/dynamic_debug/dyndbg_selftest.sh
index 6f1d11828b79..a357905e3606 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/dynamic_debug/dyndbg_selftest.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/dynamic_debug/dyndbg_selftest.sh
@@ -537,8 +537,8 @@ function GOLDEN_RECORDS {
#K= 02e4fd94602e108cb89bfc70d47a5dad FT_basic_queries.5
#K= f03a7ca7316e8db4c0e16523dc41e75d FT_basic_queries.6
#K= c518a50ba30ba8099d0dc874a27ecf16 FT_basic_queries.7
-#K= 2b4b152bdb82e6e4a5be18ca26025895 FT_test_classes.1
-#K= 5516e3d13cba7ea4197a7fb6c033887a FT_test_classes.2
+#K= 91838b4012c50a1dc1d9e210ba8d68f8 FT_test_classes.1
+#K= a15ec4843acd721fbdfddc0b512c8032 FT_test_classes.2
#K= 2cee6842c9cdee5cb3bf50b2e3914813 FT_test_classes.3
#K= 81b16613f8d444485e2bc5aa4d38d024 FT_classmap_inheritance.1
#K= c14c8aa758e24046b3237d20e2189bf7 FT_classmap_inheritance.2
--
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