linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 23/28] rust: std_vendor: add `dbg!` macro based on `std`'s one

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Message-ID: <Y21N+GtGsqzaPSFp@Boquns-Mac-mini.local>
Date:   Thu, 10 Nov 2022 11:16:08 -0800
From:   Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>
To:     Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>
Cc:     Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>,
        Wedson Almeida Filho <wedsonaf@...il.com>,
        Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@...il.com>,
        Gary Guo <gary@...yguo.net>,
        Björn Roy Baron <bjorn3_gh@...tonmail.com>,
        rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        patches@...ts.linux.dev, Niklas Mohrin <dev@...lasmohrin.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 23/28] rust: std_vendor: add `dbg!` macro based on
 `std`'s one

On Thu, Nov 10, 2022 at 08:14:17PM +0100, Miguel Ojeda wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 10, 2022 at 7:02 PM Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com> wrote:
> >
> > and I'm almost convinced ;-) Better add the gist of discussion into
> > comment/document/commit log? Users need to know when to use `dbg!` and
> > when to use `pr_debug!`, right?
> 
> The docs talk about it a bit:
> 
>     +/// Note that the macro is intended as a debugging tool and therefore you
>     +/// should avoid having uses of it in version control for long periods
>     +/// (other than in tests and similar).
> 
> That is the original wording from the standard library, but we can
> definitely make the rules more concrete on our end with something

Yeah, having some kernel contexts is better ;-)

> like:
> 
>     `dbg!` is intended as a temporary debugging tool to be used during
>     development. Therefore, avoid committing `dbg!` macro invocations
>     into the kernel tree.
> 
>     For debug output that is intended to be kept, use `pr_debug!` and
>     similar facilities instead.
> 

Look good to me, thank you!

Regards,
Boqun

> Cheers,
> Miguel