linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: comedi: remove debug tracing in vmk80xx driver

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Date:	Fri, 4 May 2012 11:50:12 -0700
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	H Hartley Sweeten <hartleys@...ionengravers.com>
Cc:	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, abbotti@....co.uk,
	fmhess@...rs.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: comedi: remove debug tracing in vmk80xx driver

On Fri, May 04, 2012 at 11:23:54AM -0700, H Hartley Sweeten wrote:
> The vmk80xx driver uses a non-existant Kconfig symbol to enable
> function call debug tracing. This output is really just noise
> and doesn't serve any useful purpose. Remove all it's uses in
> the driver.

Nice.

Really, all tracing should be removed from pretty much all drivers, as
we have good built-in tracing tools in the kernel now, so rolling your
own is not needed.

thanks,

greg k-h
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