Re: [PATCH 0/3] dynamic_hex_dump cleanup

[Joe Perches]

On Fri, 2017-04-28 at 15:59 -0700, Dan Williams wrote:
> ...but again, hex_dump_dbg() implies to me dev_dbg() behavior, i.e.
> that the hexdump happens in the KERN_DEBUG case

I think you are confusing KERN_DEBUG, a logging level, with a
preprocessor #define of DEBUG.

>  which I don't want. I
> want the call to be compiled out completely when it can't be
> enabled/disabled dynamically.

dev_dbg is compiled away completely when DEBUG is
not defined and when CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG is not
defined.

This hex_dump facility should behave the same way.

> I think we do need a hex_dump_dbg(), but that does not eliminate the
> utility of / need for dynamic_hex_dump().

dynamic_hex_dump should only exist when CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG
is enabled and should otherwise be invisible to driver code.