linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/4] dma-debug: add variables and checks for driver filter

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Date:	Mon, 1 Jun 2009 14:55:02 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@....com>
Cc:	iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	joerg.roedel@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] dma-debug: add variables and checks for driver
 filter

On Thu, 28 May 2009 17:19:28 +0200
Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@....com> wrote:

> This patch adds the state variables for the driver filter and a function
> to check if the filter is enabled and matches to the current device. The
> check is built into the err_printk function.
> 

The path by which lib/dma-debug.c patches get into mainline seems to
be largely random.  Is it a dwmw2 tree?  An Ingo tree?  A Joerg tree? -mm?


> @@ -128,9 +137,47 @@ static inline void dump_entry_trace(struct dma_debug_entry *entry)
>  #endif
>  }
>  
> +static inline bool driver_filter(struct device *dev)
> +{
> +	/* driver filter off */
> +	if (likely(!current_driver_name[0]))
> +		return true;
> +
> +	/* driver filter on and initialized */
> +	if (current_driver && dev->driver == current_driver)
> +		return true;
> +
> +	/* driver filter on but not yet initialized */
> +	if (!current_driver && current_driver_name[0]) {
> +		struct device_driver *drv = get_driver(dev->driver);
> +		unsigned long flags;
> +		bool ret = false;
> +
> +		if (!drv)
> +			return false;
> +
> +		/* lock to protect against change of current_driver_name */
> +		read_lock_irqsave(&driver_name_lock, flags);
> +
> +		if (drv->name &&
> +		    strncmp(current_driver_name, drv->name, 63) == 0) {
> +			current_driver = drv;
> +			ret = true;
> +		}
> +
> +		read_unlock_irqrestore(&driver_name_lock, flags);
> +		put_driver(drv);
> +
> +		return ret;
> +	}
> +
> +	return false;
> +}
> +
>  #define err_printk(dev, entry, format, arg...) do {		\
>  		error_count += 1;				\
> -		if (show_all_errors || show_num_errors > 0) {	\
> +		if (driver_filter(dev) &&			\
> +		    (show_all_errors || show_num_errors > 0)) {	\
>  			WARN(1, "%s %s: " format,		\
>  			     dev_driver_string(dev),		\
>  			     dev_name(dev) , ## arg);		\

The patch attempts to inline the very large driver_filter() into every
err_printk() callsite.  That's not at all desirable!

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