Re: [RFC 1/2] printk/dynamic_debug: Remove cyclic dependency between printk.h and dynamic_debug.h

From: Petr Mladek
Date: Thu Jan 13 2022 - 03:35:26 EST


On Wed 2022-01-12 20:38:57, jim.cromie@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 12, 2022 at 5:12 AM Petr Mladek <pmladek@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue 2022-01-11 17:01:35, Rasmus Villemoes wrote:
> > > On 11/01/2022 15.30, Petr Mladek wrote:
>
>
> > > > static inline int dynamic_debug_exec_queries(const char *query, const char *modname)
> > > > {
> > > > - pr_warn("kernel not built with CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG_CORE\n");
> > > > + /* Use raw _printk() to avoid cyclic dependency. */
> > > > + _printk(KERN_WARNING "kernel not built with CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG_CORE\n");
> > > > return 0;
> > > > }
> > >
> > > And for this one I think the solution is even simpler, as I can't find
> > > any in-tree callers. Perhaps just nuke it entirely?
> >
> > Adding Jim into Cc whether he still has any plans to use this API.
> >
> > Best Regards,
> > Petr
>
> This EXPORT can go.

Does it mean that the entire function might be removed or just
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL() macro, please?

I am especially interested whether we could remove pr_warn()
from the header file. It would help us the get rid of the
cyclic header dependency an easy way.

Best Regards,
Petr