linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] cxl/mbox: Add handle to event processing debug

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Message-ID: <ZMvjKIEEeUwqANrz@aschofie-mobl2>
Date:   Thu, 3 Aug 2023 10:26:00 -0700
From:   Alison Schofield <alison.schofield@...el.com>
To:     Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@...el.com>
Cc:     Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>,
        Jonathan Cameron <jonathan.cameron@...wei.com>,
        Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@...el.com>,
        Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@...el.com>,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        linux-cxl@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] cxl/mbox: Add handle to event processing debug

On Wed, Aug 02, 2023 at 10:05:56PM -0700, Ira Weiny wrote:
> Alison Schofield wrote:
> > On Tue, Aug 01, 2023 at 01:13:29PM -0700, Ira Weiny wrote:
> > > Knowing which handle is being processed helped in debugging new event
> > > code.  Add a dev_dbg() message with this information.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@...el.com>
> > > ---
> > >  drivers/cxl/core/mbox.c | 6 +++++-
> > >  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/drivers/cxl/core/mbox.c b/drivers/cxl/core/mbox.c
> > > index a1c490f66bbf..f052d5f174ee 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/cxl/core/mbox.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/cxl/core/mbox.c
> > > @@ -947,9 +947,13 @@ static void cxl_mem_get_records_log(struct cxl_memdev_state *mds,
> > >  		if (!nr_rec)
> > >  			break;
> > >  
> > > -		for (i = 0; i < nr_rec; i++)
> > > +		for (i = 0; i < nr_rec; i++) {
> > > +			dev_dbg(dev, "Event log %d: processing handle %u\n",
> > > +				type,
> > > +				le16_to_cpu(payload->records[i].hdr.handle));
> > >  			cxl_event_trace_record(cxlmd, type,
> > >  					       &payload->records[i]);
> > > +		}
> > 
> > Is dev_dbg() overkill when the info is in the trace event?
> 
> The trace event will not happen if tracing is not turned on.
> 
> This was all part of my testing the DCD events which don't have to, and
> likely will not, have tracing on.  So this helped to track which handles
> were being processed from the cxl-test and qemu layers.
> 
> Ira

Thanks for explaining!

> 
> > 
> > >  
> > >  		if (payload->flags & CXL_GET_EVENT_FLAG_OVERFLOW)
> > >  			trace_cxl_overflow(cxlmd, type, payload);
> > > 
> > > -- 
> > > 2.41.0
> > > 
> 
>