Re: [RFC PATCH 0/4] Drop custom logging

[Stefan Wahren]

Hi Umang,

[add Phil]

Am 18.01.23 um 12:58 schrieb Umang Jain:
> Drop custom logging from the vchiq interface.
> Mostly of them are replaced with dev_dbg and friends
> and/or pr_info and friends.
>
> The debugfs log levels (in 4/4) are mapped to kernel
> logs levels (coming from include/linux/kern_levels.h)
> Would like some thoughts on it as I am not sure (hence
> marking this is RFC)
>
>  From drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/TODO:
>
> """
> * Cleanup logging mechanism
>
> The driver should probably be using the standard kernel logging mechanisms
> such as dev_info, dev_dbg, and friends.

i don't have any experience with vchiq logging/debug. So i'm not sure if 
it's acceptable to lose the second log level dimension (like 
vchiq_arm_log_level) completely. Complex drivers like brcmfmac have a 
debug mask to avoid log spamming [1]. Maybe this is a compromise.

Btw some loglevel locations has already been messed up during 
refactoring :-(

[1] - drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/debug.h

> """
>
> Umang Jain (4):
>    staging: vc04_services: vchiq_core: Drop custom logging
>    staging: vc04_services: vchiq_arm: Drop custom logging
>    staging: vc04_services: Drop custom logging
>    staging: vc04_services: Drop remnants of custom logging
>
>   .../interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_arm.c           | 151 +++---
>   .../interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_connected.c     |   5 +-
>   .../interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_core.c          | 479 ++++++++----------
>   .../interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_core.h          |  39 --
>   .../interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_debugfs.c       |  26 +-
>   .../interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_dev.c           |  78 ++-
>   6 files changed, 329 insertions(+), 449 deletions(-)