[PATCH v2 13/24] dyndbg: reduce verbose/debug clutter
From: Jim Cromie
Date: Sat May 23 2026 - 03:23:54 EST
currently, for verbose=3, these are logged (blank lines for clarity):
dyndbg: query 0: "class DRM_UT_CORE +p" mod:*
dyndbg: split into words: "class" "DRM_UT_CORE" "+p"
dyndbg: op='+'
dyndbg: flags=0x1
dyndbg: *flagsp=0x1 *maskp=0xffffffff
dyndbg: parsed: func="" file="" module="" format="" lineno=0-0 class=...
dyndbg: no matches for query
dyndbg: no-match: func="" file="" module="" format="" lineno=0-0 class=...
dyndbg: processed 1 queries, with 0 matches, 0 errs
That is excessive, so this patch:
- shrinks 3 lines of 2nd stanza to single line
- drops 1st 2 lines of 3rd stanza
3rd line is like 1st, with result, not procedure.
2nd line is just status, retold in 4th, with more info.
New output:
dyndbg: query 0: "class DRM_UT_CORE +p"
dyndbg: split into words: "class" "DRM_UT_CORE" "+p"
dyndbg: op='+' flags=0x1 maskp=0xffffffff
dyndbg: processed 1 queries, with 0 matches, 0 errs
Also drop several verbose=3 messages in ddebug_add_module
When modprobing a module, dyndbg currently logs/says "add-module", and
then "skipping" if the module has no prdbgs. Instead just check 1st
and return quietly.
no functional change
Signed-off-by: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Louis Chauvet <louis.chauvet@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
v2:
RvB after SoB
trivial change to verbose-debug output line to output the actual
"module" keyword rather than "mod:", and do so only when the module is
constrained by the callchain (ie as part of a modprobe).
was: query X: "(keyword value)* [+-=]flags" mod:*
now: query X: "(keyword value)* [+-=]flags"
or query X: module FOO "keyword value)* [+-=]flags"
IOW, adjust output to reflect the input grammar more closely.
---
lib/dynamic_debug.c | 24 ++++++++----------------
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
diff --git a/lib/dynamic_debug.c b/lib/dynamic_debug.c
index 6d9dbeb68ae8..dfed3725aa44 100644
--- a/lib/dynamic_debug.c
+++ b/lib/dynamic_debug.c
@@ -277,9 +277,6 @@ static int ddebug_change(const struct ddebug_query *query,
}
mutex_unlock(&ddebug_lock);
- if (!nfound && verbose)
- pr_info("no matches for query\n");
-
return nfound;
}
@@ -512,7 +509,6 @@ static int ddebug_parse_flags(const char *str, struct flag_settings *modifiers)
pr_err("bad flag-op %c, at start of %s\n", *str, str);
return -EINVAL;
}
- v3pr_info("op='%c'\n", op);
for (; *str ; ++str) {
for (i = ARRAY_SIZE(opt_array) - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
@@ -526,7 +522,6 @@ static int ddebug_parse_flags(const char *str, struct flag_settings *modifiers)
return -EINVAL;
}
}
- v3pr_info("flags=0x%x\n", modifiers->flags);
/* calculate final flags, mask based upon op */
switch (op) {
@@ -542,7 +537,7 @@ static int ddebug_parse_flags(const char *str, struct flag_settings *modifiers)
modifiers->flags = 0;
break;
}
- v3pr_info("*flagsp=0x%x *maskp=0x%x\n", modifiers->flags, modifiers->mask);
+ v3pr_info("op='%c' flags=0x%x maskp=0x%x\n", op, modifiers->flags, modifiers->mask);
return 0;
}
@@ -552,7 +547,7 @@ static int ddebug_exec_query(char *query_string, const char *modname)
struct flag_settings modifiers = {};
struct ddebug_query query = {};
#define MAXWORDS 9
- int nwords, nfound;
+ int nwords;
char *words[MAXWORDS];
nwords = ddebug_tokenize(query_string, words, MAXWORDS);
@@ -570,10 +565,7 @@ static int ddebug_exec_query(char *query_string, const char *modname)
return -EINVAL;
}
/* actually go and implement the change */
- nfound = ddebug_change(&query, &modifiers);
- vpr_info_dq(&query, nfound ? "applied" : "no-match");
-
- return nfound;
+ return ddebug_change(&query, &modifiers);
}
/* handle multiple queries in query string, continue on error, return
@@ -594,7 +586,8 @@ static int ddebug_exec_queries(char *query, const char *modname)
if (!query || !*query || *query == '#')
continue;
- vpr_info("query %d: \"%s\" mod:%s\n", i, query, modname ?: "*");
+ vpr_info("query %d: %s%s \"%s\"\n", i,
+ modname ? "module " : "", modname ?: "", query);
rc = ddebug_exec_query(query, modname);
if (rc < 0) {
@@ -1160,11 +1153,10 @@ static int ddebug_add_module(struct _ddebug_info *di, const char *modname)
{
struct ddebug_table *dt;
- v3pr_info("add-module: %s.%d sites\n", modname, di->num_descs);
- if (!di->num_descs) {
- v3pr_info(" skip %s\n", modname);
+ if (!di->num_descs)
return 0;
- }
+
+ v3pr_info("add-module: %s %d sites\n", modname, di->num_descs);
dt = kzalloc_obj(*dt);
if (dt == NULL) {
--
2.54.0