linux-kernel - [PATCH v6 08/22] dyndbg: silence debugs with no-change updates

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Message-ID: <20230911230838.14461-9-jim.cromie@gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 11 Sep 2023 17:08:24 -0600
From:   Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@...il.com>
To:     jbaron@...mai.com, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, mcgrof@...nel.org,
        daniel.vetter@...ll.ch
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        amd-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org, intel-gvt-dev@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        intel-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org, jani.nikula@...el.com,
        ville.syrjala@...ux.intel.com, seanpaul@...omium.org,
        robdclark@...il.com, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH v6 08/22] dyndbg: silence debugs with no-change updates

check for actual changes before announcing them, declutter logs.

Signed-off-by: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@...il.com>
---
 lib/dynamic_debug.c | 12 +++++++-----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/dynamic_debug.c b/lib/dynamic_debug.c
index f64d55d191ad..05c777dedf27 100644
--- a/lib/dynamic_debug.c
+++ b/lib/dynamic_debug.c
@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ static int ddebug_exec_queries(char *query, const char *modname)
 	return nfound;
 }
 
-/* apply a new bitmap to the sys-knob's current bit-state */
+/* apply a new class-param setting */
 static int ddebug_apply_class_bitmap(const struct ddebug_class_param *dcp,
 				     unsigned long *new_bits, unsigned long *old_bits,
 				     const char *query_modname)
@@ -602,8 +602,9 @@ static int ddebug_apply_class_bitmap(const struct ddebug_class_param *dcp,
 	int matches = 0;
 	int bi, ct;
 
-	v2pr_info("apply bitmap: 0x%lx to: 0x%lx for %s\n", *new_bits, *old_bits,
-		  query_modname ?: "");
+	if (*new_bits != *old_bits)
+		v2pr_info("apply bitmap: 0x%lx to: 0x%lx for %s\n", *new_bits,
+			  *old_bits, query_modname ?: "'*'");
 
 	for (bi = 0; bi < map->length; bi++) {
 		if (test_bit(bi, new_bits) == test_bit(bi, old_bits))
@@ -618,8 +619,9 @@ static int ddebug_apply_class_bitmap(const struct ddebug_class_param *dcp,
 		v2pr_info("bit_%d: %d matches on class: %s -> 0x%lx\n", bi,
 			  ct, map->class_names[bi], *new_bits);
 	}
-	v2pr_info("applied bitmap: 0x%lx to: 0x%lx for %s\n", *new_bits, *old_bits,
-		  query_modname ?: "");
+	if (*new_bits != *old_bits)
+		v2pr_info("applied bitmap: 0x%lx to: 0x%lx for %s\n", *new_bits,
+			  *old_bits, query_modname ?: "'*'");
 
 	return matches;
 }
-- 
2.41.0