From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1165354AbdD1XMl (ORCPT ); Fri, 28 Apr 2017 19:12:41 -0400 Received: from mail-oi0-f50.google.com ([209.85.218.50]:36449 "EHLO mail-oi0-f50.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1164463AbdD1XMb (ORCPT ); Fri, 28 Apr 2017 19:12:31 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1493420656.1873.22.camel@perches.com> References: <149341493336.35578.13631055553267152302.stgit@dwillia2-desk3.amr.corp.intel.com> <1493416143.1873.13.camel@perches.com> <1493417230.1873.15.camel@perches.com> <1493418714.1873.18.camel@perches.com> <1493420656.1873.22.camel@perches.com> From: Dan Williams Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2017 16:12:29 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] dynamic_hex_dump cleanup To: Joe Perches Cc: "linux-nvdimm@lists.01.org" , Ohad Ben-Cohen , linux-remoteproc@vger.kernel.org, "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , Bjorn Andersson , Linux ACPI , Jason Baron Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 4:04 PM, Joe Perches wrote: > On Fri, 2017-04-28 at 15:59 -0700, Dan Williams wrote: >> ...but again, hex_dump_dbg() implies to me dev_dbg() behavior, i.e. >> that the hexdump happens in the KERN_DEBUG case > > I think you are confusing KERN_DEBUG, a logging level, with a > preprocessor #define of DEBUG. Indeed I am. > >> which I don't want. I >> want the call to be compiled out completely when it can't be >> enabled/disabled dynamically. > > dev_dbg is compiled away completely when DEBUG is > not defined and when CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG is not > defined. > > This hex_dump facility should behave the same way. > >> I think we do need a hex_dump_dbg(), but that does not eliminate the >> utility of / need for dynamic_hex_dump(). > > dynamic_hex_dump should only exist when CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG > is enabled and should otherwise be invisible to driver code. > So, I overlooked that Linus fixed this compile problem a while back with: cdf17449af1d hexdump: do not print debug dumps for !CONFIG_DEBUG Which predated the introduction of ACPI_NFIT_DEBUG. So I can just call print_hex_dump_debug() and call it a day. Sorry for the noise, Joe!