[PATCH 11/13] drm_print: prefer bare printk KERN_DEBUG on generic fn
From: Jim Cromie
Date: Tue Mar 01 2022 - 11:47:32 EST
drm_print.c calls pr_debug() just once, from __drm_printfn_debug(),
which is a generic/service fn. The callsite is compile-time enabled
by DEBUG in both DYNAMIC_DEBUG=y/n builds.
For dyndbg builds, reverting this callsite back to bare printk is
correcting a few anti-features:
1- callsite is generic, serves multiple drm users.
its hardwired on currently
could accidentally: #> echo -p > /proc/dynamic_debug/control
2- optional "decorations" by dyndbg are unhelpful/misleading
they describe only the generic site, not end users
IOW, 1,2 are unhelpful at best, and possibly confusing.
reverting yields a nominal data and text shrink:
text data bss dec hex filename
462583 36604 54592 553779 87333 /lib/modules/5.16.0-rc4-lm1-00008-ged3eac8ceeea/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/drm.ko
462515 36532 54592 553639 872a7 /lib/modules/5.16.0-rc4-lm1-00009-g6ce0b88d2539-dirty/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/drm.ko
NB: this was noticed using _drm_debug_enabled(), added earlier.
Signed-off-by: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/drm_print.c | 5 ++---
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_print.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_print.c
index 92e6e18026da..24c57b92dc69 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_print.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_print.c
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@
* Rob Clark <robdclark@xxxxxxxxx>
*/
-#define DEBUG /* for pr_debug() */
-
#include <linux/stdarg.h>
#include <linux/io.h>
@@ -162,7 +160,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__drm_printfn_info);
void __drm_printfn_debug(struct drm_printer *p, struct va_format *vaf)
{
- pr_debug("%s %pV", p->prefix, vaf);
+ /* pr_debug callsite decorations are unhelpful here */
+ printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s %pV", p->prefix, vaf);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(__drm_printfn_debug);
--
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