linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] acpi, nfit: remove redundant __func__ in dev

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Message-ID: <CAPcyv4juD2m-4e7=uCy7P-retsTpWXJzVmO9fFcVbMcN_E=BXA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 5 Mar 2018 09:53:47 -0800
From:   Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
To:     Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@...e.de>,
        Linux Kernel Mailinglist <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux NV-DIMM Mailing List <linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] acpi, nfit: remove redundant __func__ in dev_dbg

On Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 9:49 AM, Ross Zwisler
<ross.zwisler@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 02, 2018 at 01:20:49PM +0100, Johannes Thumshirn wrote:
>> Dynamic debug can be instructed to add the function name to the debug
>> output using the +f switch, so there is no need for the nfit module to
>> do it again. If a user decides to add the +f switch for nfit's dynamic
>> debug this results in double prints of the function name like the
>> following:
>>
>> [ 2391.935383] acpi_nfit_ctl: nfit ACPI0012:00: acpi_nfit_ctl:nmem8 cmd: 10: func: 1 input length: 0
>>
>> Thus remove the stray __func__ printing.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@...e.de>
>
> This makes sense to me, but I guess we'll see what Dan thinks.  If we decide
> to go this route we may also want to do the same to all the instances of this
> pattern in the libnvdimm debug output.

Is there a way to turn on this '+f' flag from the kernel boot command
line? My primary debug scenario is specifying "libnvdimm.dyndbg
nfit.dyndbg" on the command line.