linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] dynamic_hex

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Date:   Fri, 28 Apr 2017 14:52:18 -0700
From:   Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
To:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:     "linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org" <linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org>,
        Ohad Ben-Cohen <ohad@...ery.com>,
        linux-remoteproc@...r.kernel.org,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@...aro.org>,
        Linux ACPI <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
        Jason Baron <jbaron@...mai.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] dynamic_hex_dump cleanup

On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 2:49 PM, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 2017-04-28 at 14:28 -0700, Dan Williams wrote:
>> More than one driver has worked around the fact that
>> print_hex_dump_debug() requires CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG=y to build.
>
> No it doesn't.  builds work fine.  Output is restricted.
>
>> Provide a dynamic_hex_dump() so that drivers that want the extra debugging to be
>> turned off in the CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG=n can use dynamic_hex_dump()
>> directly.
>
> I think the concept is unnecessary
> .
> Just use print_hex_dump with KERN_DEBUG.

No, we don't want any possibility of output in the
CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG=n case. This is extra debug that only makes sense
in the CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG case.