Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] include/linux/suspend.h: Only show pm_pr_dbg messages at suspend/resume

From: Rafael J. Wysocki
Date: Thu May 25 2023 - 08:03:17 EST


On Mon, May 22, 2023 at 10:01 PM Mario Limonciello
<mario.limonciello@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> All uses in the kernel are currently already oriented around
> suspend/resume. As some other parts of the kernel may also use these
> messages in functions that could also be used outside of
> suspend/resume, only enable in suspend/resume path.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> include/linux/suspend.h | 6 ++++--
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/suspend.h b/include/linux/suspend.h
> index d0d4598a7b3f..a40f2e667e09 100644
> --- a/include/linux/suspend.h
> +++ b/include/linux/suspend.h
> @@ -564,7 +564,8 @@ static inline int pm_dyn_debug_messages_on(void)
> #endif
> #define __pm_pr_dbg(fmt, ...) \
> do { \
> - if (pm_debug_messages_on) \
> + if (pm_debug_messages_on && \
> + pm_suspend_target_state != PM_SUSPEND_ON) \

Instead of this, I would define a function, say
pm_debug_messages_should_print(), that would do the check and I would
use it also in __pm_deferred_pr_dbg().

> printk(KERN_DEBUG pr_fmt(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__); \
> else if (pm_dyn_debug_messages_on()) \
> pr_debug(fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__); \
> @@ -589,7 +590,8 @@ static inline int pm_dyn_debug_messages_on(void)
> /**
> * pm_pr_dbg - print pm sleep debug messages
> *
> - * If pm_debug_messages_on is enabled, print message.
> + * If pm_debug_messages_on is enabled and the system is entering/leaving
> + * suspend, print message.
> * If pm_debug_messages_on is disabled and CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG is enabled,
> * print message only from instances explicitly enabled on dynamic debug's
> * control.
>
> base-commit: 42dfdd08422dec99bfe526072063f65c0b9fb7d2
> --