Re: [Intel-gfx] [PATCH v7 5/8] drm_print: add choice to use dynamic debug in drm-debug

[jim . cromie]

> I'll try to extract the "executive summary" from this, you tell me if I
> got it right.
>
> So using or not using dynamic debug for DRM debug ends up being about
> shifting the cost between kernel binary size (data section grows by each
> pr_debug call site) and runtime conditionals?

Yes.

> Since the table sizes you mention seem significant enough, I think that
> justifies existence of DRM_USE_DYNAMIC_DEBUG. It would probably be a
> good idea to put some commentary on that there. Ideally including some
> rough estimates both including space cost per call site and space cost
> for a typical distro kernel build?

yeah, agreed.  I presume you mean in Kconfig entry,
since commits have some size info now - I have i915, amdgpu, nouveau;
I can see some prose improvements for 5/8




> Regards,
>
> Tvrtko

thanks
Jim