linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] cifs: Do not enable debugging code by default

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Date:	Tue, 18 Dec 2012 16:19:05 +0100
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	Jeff Layton <jlayton@...hat.com>
Cc:	Steve French <smfrench@...il.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
	Steve French <sfrench@...ba.org>, linux-cifs@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] cifs: Do not enable debugging code by default

On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 10:07:02AM -0500, Jeff Layton wrote:
> Yeah, not many do, but presumably they'll set it once and forget about
> it. Once someone straightens them out, they should rarely break.
>
> OTOH, the value of defaulting to "N" is pretty low here. Maybe it
> would just be best to just drop this patch and have the embedded folks
> turn this off on their own.

Yeah, sure.

I just thought you have this debugging code forked out of the driver and
it should be enabled only for when there are issues.

Thanks.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

Sent from a fat crate under my desk. Formatting is fine.
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