linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 2/2] usb: typec: tcpm: Add module parameter to wrap around logs

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Date:   Tue, 18 May 2021 15:31:28 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Badhri Jagan Sridharan <badhri@...gle.com>
Cc:     Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
        Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com>,
        linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Kyle Tso <kyletso@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 2/2] usb: typec: tcpm: Add module parameter to wrap
 around logs

On Mon, May 17, 2021 at 04:36:09PM -0700, Badhri Jagan Sridharan wrote:
> When the buffer is full, TCPM stops logging into the buffer.
> This change adds log_wraparound module parameter which when set
> flushes out the oldest log entries (FIFO) to make way for the
> newer ones.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Badhri Jagan Sridharan <badhri@...gle.com>
> ---
>  drivers/usb/typec/tcpm/tcpm.c | 11 +++++++++--
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/usb/typec/tcpm/tcpm.c b/drivers/usb/typec/tcpm/tcpm.c
> index b79194919b27..a369decade60 100644
> --- a/drivers/usb/typec/tcpm/tcpm.c
> +++ b/drivers/usb/typec/tcpm/tcpm.c
> @@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ static bool modparam_log_misc_dev;
>  module_param_named(log_misc_dev, modparam_log_misc_dev, bool, 0444);
>  MODULE_PARM_DESC(log_misc_dev, "Expose tcpm logs through misc device");
>  
> +static bool modparam_log_wraparound;
> +module_param_named(log_wraparound, modparam_log_wraparound, bool, 0444);
> +MODULE_PARM_DESC(log_wraparound, "Wrap around logs");

Again, no, this we know better than to add new module parameters, this
is not ok.

greg k-h