Date: Tue, 21 May 2024 08:57:57 -0600
From: jim.cromie@...il.com
To: Łukasz Bartosik <ukaszb@...omium.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v8-RESEND 19/33] dyndbg-doc: add classmap info to howto

On Tue, May 21, 2024 at 5:57 AM Łukasz Bartosik <ukaszb@...omium.org> wrote:
>
> On Thu, May 16, 2024 at 7:45 PM Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@...il.com> wrote:
> >
> > Describe the 3 API macros providing dynamic_debug's classmaps
> >
> > DYNDBG_CLASSMAP_DEFINE - create, exports a module's classmap
>
> create, exports a module's classmap - > creates and exports a module's classmap

I was going for an imperative "thou shalt" voice,
rather than a descriptive/passive voice
since its an API, and thou shalt use it "this way"
( s/creates/create/ if so)

Do we / linux-doc  have a preference in this regard ?




>
> > DYNDBG_CLASSMAP_USE    - refer to exported map
>
> DYNDBG_CLASSMAP_USE - refers to exported map
>
> > DYNDBG_CLASSMAP_PARAM  - bind control param to the classmap
>
> bind -> binds
>
> > DYNDBG_CLASSMAP_PARAM_REF + use module's storage - __drm_debug
> >
>
> + use module's storage - __drm_debug -> - uses module's storage (for
> example __drm_debug)
>
> > cc: linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
> > Signed-off-by: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@...il.com>
> > ---
> > v5 adjustments per Randy Dunlap
> > v7 checkpatch fixes
> > v8 more
> > ---
> >  .../admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst       | 63 ++++++++++++++++++-
> >  1 file changed, 62 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst
> > index 6a8ce5a34382..742eb4230c6e 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst
> > +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst
> > @@ -225,7 +225,6 @@ the ``p`` flag has meaning, other flags are ignored.
> >  Note the regexp ``^[-+=][fslmpt_]+$`` matches a flags specification.
> >  To clear all flags at once, use ``=_`` or ``-fslmpt``.
> >
> > -
> >  Debug messages during Boot Process
> >  ==================================
> >
> > @@ -375,3 +374,65 @@ just a shortcut for ``print_hex_dump(KERN_DEBUG)``.
> >  For ``print_hex_dump_debug()``/``print_hex_dump_bytes()``, format string is
> >  its ``prefix_str`` argument, if it is constant string; or ``hexdump``
> >  in case ``prefix_str`` is built dynamically.
> > +
> > +Dynamic Debug classmaps
> > +=======================
> > +
> > +Dyndbg allows selection/grouping of *prdbg* callsites using structural
> > +info: module, file, function, line.  Classmaps allow authors to add
> > +their own domain-oriented groupings using class-names.  Classmaps are
> > +exported, so they referencable from other modules.
>
> Typo referencable -> are referenceable
>
>
>
> > +
> > +  # enable classes individually
> > +  :#> ddcmd class DRM_UT_CORE +p
> > +  :#> ddcmd class DRM_UT_KMS +p
> > +  # or more selectively
> > +  :#> ddcmd class DRM_UT_CORE module drm +p
> > +
> > +The "class FOO" syntax protects class'd prdbgs from generic overwrite::
> > +
> > +  # IOW this doesn't wipe any DRM.debug settings
> > +  :#> ddcmd -p
> > +
> > +To support the DRM.debug parameter, DYNDBG_CLASSMAP_PARAM* updates all
> > +classes in a classmap, mapping param-bits 0..N onto the classes:
> > +DRM_UT_<*> for the DRM use-case.
> > +
> > +Dynamic Debug Classmap API
> > +==========================
> > +
> > +DYNDBG_CLASSMAP_DEFINE - modules use this to create classmaps, naming
> > +each of the classes (stringified enum-symbols: "DRM_UT_<*>"), and
> > +type, and mapping the class-names to consecutive _class_ids.
> > +
> > +By doing so, modules tell dyndbg that they have prdbgs with those
> > +class_ids, and they authorize dyndbg to accept "class FOO" for the
> > +module defining the classmap, and its contained classnames.
> > +
> > +DYNDBG_CLASSMAP_USE - drm drivers invoke this to ref the CLASSMAP that
> > +drm DEFINEs.  This shares the classmap definition, and authorizes
> > +dyndbg to apply changes to the user module's class'd pr_debugs.  It
> > +also tells dyndbg how to initialize the user's prdbgs at modprobe,
> > +based upon the current setting of the parent's controlling param.
> > +
> > +There are 2 types of classmaps:
> > +
> > + DD_CLASS_TYPE_DISJOINT_BITS: classes are independent, like DRM.debug
> > + DD_CLASS_TYPE_LEVEL_NUM: classes are relative, ordered (V3 > V2)
> > +
> > +DYNDBG_CLASSMAP_PARAM - modelled after module_param_cb, it refers to a
> > +DEFINEd classmap, and associates it to the param's data-store.  This
> > +state is then applied to DEFINEr and USEr modules when they're modprobed.
> > +
> > +This interface also enforces the DD_CLASS_TYPE_LEVEL_NUM relation
> > +amongst the contained classnames; all classes are independent in the
> > +control parser itself.
> > +
> > +Modules or module-groups (drm & drivers) can define multiple
> > +classmaps, as long as they share the limited 0..62 per-module-group
> > +_class_id range, without overlap.
> > +
> > +``#define DEBUG`` will enable all pr_debugs in scope, including any
> > +class'd ones.  This won't be reflected in the PARAM readback value,
> > +but the class'd pr_debug callsites can be forced off by toggling the
> > +classmap-kparam all-on then all-off.
> > --
> > 2.45.0
> >

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