linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] DEBUG_KOBJECT vs. DYNAMIC_PRINTK

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Date:	Thu, 4 Dec 2008 13:48:45 +0100
From:	Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@...ibm.com>
To:	Jason Baron <jbaron@...hat.com>
Cc:	Greg K-H <greg@...ah.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] DEBUG_KOBJECT vs. DYNAMIC_PRINTK_DEBUG

On Wed, 3 Dec 2008 15:12:03 -0500,
Jason Baron <jbaron@...hat.com> wrote:

> indeed. you raise the more general question of what do if both 'DEBUG'
> and 'CONFIG_DYNAMIC_PRINTK_DEBUG' are set for a file? I think that in
> general the 'DEBUG' should take precedence, as you point out. However, I
> think we should fix this by reshuffling the logic in
> include/linux/kernel.h by doing:
> 
> if (DEBUG)
> 	#define pr_debug printk
> elseif (CONFIG_DYNAMIC_PRINTK_DEBUG)
> 	#define pr_debug dynamic_pr_debug()
> else
> 	#define pr_debug if (0) blah:
> endif
> 
> make sense? what do you think?

Yes, that makes sense, I agree. I'll follow up with a patch.
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