linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/7] staging: kpc2000: use __func_

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Date:   Mon, 10 Jun 2019 09:49:40 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Simon Sandström <simon@...anor.nu>
Cc:     devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/7] staging: kpc2000: use __func__ in debug messages in
 core.c

On Mon, Jun 10, 2019 at 09:20:09AM +0200, Simon Sandström wrote:
> On 06/06, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Tue, Jun 04, 2019 at 12:29:13AM +0200, Simon Sandström wrote:
> > >  
> > > -	dev_dbg(&pdev->dev, "kp2000_pcie_probe(pdev = [%p], id = [%p])\n",
> > > -		pdev, id);
> > > +	dev_dbg(&pdev->dev, "%s(pdev = [%p], id = [%p])\n",
> > > +		__func__, pdev, id);
> > 
> > debugging lines that say "called this function!" can all be removed, as
> > we have ftrace in the kernel tree, we can use that instead.  I'll take
> > this, but feel free to clean them up as follow-on patches.
> > 
> > thanks,
> > 
> > greg k-h
> 
> Can they be removed even if they print function arguments or other
> variables?

Of course!