linux-kernel - Re: [00/11] pr_debug during module initialization

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Date:	Mon, 26 Mar 2012 10:54:30 +1030
From:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
To:	Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@...il.com>, Jason Baron <jbaron@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [00/11] pr_debug during module initialization

On Fri, 23 Mar 2012 18:12:51 -0600, Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@...il.com> wrote:
> > A previous version had a build-time error if a module used 'dyndbg' as a
> > module param - why did that get dropped?
> 
> Rusty expressed view that if developers add it, they meant it.
> He also said the macro was redundant with another,
> but I didnt look further cuz of the 1st point.

Yeah, it was ugly overkill.  I can't see someone accidently overriding
dyndbg, and let's assume that they know what they're doing (who knows,
they might want to enhance the parsing before calling the real dyndbg
parser).

Cheers,
Rusty.
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