linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mac80211_hwsim: use dyndbg for debug messages

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Message-ID: <1498662178.12531.6.camel@sipsolutions.net>
Date:   Wed, 28 Jun 2017 17:02:58 +0200
From:   Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
To:     Lubomir Rintel <lkundrak@...sk>
Cc:     Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mac80211_hwsim: use dyndbg for debug messages

On Wed, 2017-06-28 at 15:17 +0200, Lubomir Rintel wrote:
> The mac80211_hwsim doesn't offer a way to disable the debugging
> output.
> Unfortunately, it's pretty chatty, dumping a  lot of stuff into the
> message buffer.

Why is this a problem? It's pretty much a testing tool only, and much
of the point is to have message about it's internal state?

johannes