netdev - Re: [RFC net-next 0/2] net: Use net_<level>

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Date:	Tue, 15 May 2012 20:21:34 +0200
From:	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	joe@...ches.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-decnet-user@...ts.sourceforge.net,
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Subject: Re: [RFC net-next 0/2] net: Use net_<level>_ratelimit

On Tue, 2012-05-15 at 14:13 -0400, David Miller wrote:
> From: Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
> Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 20:03:48 +0200
> 
> > Oops. Yes, please do that, mac80211 doesn't have DEBUG yet
> 
> If you want debugging messages you would turn on dynamic_debug
> via sysctl or whatever, not define DEBUG in your sources.
> 
> I don't think we should add yet another interface just to get
> KERN_DEBUG in there.

But don't you have to do something in the sources to actually get
dynamic_debug enabled? I'm concerned this will make mac80211 debugging
inconsistent - the normal bits are just printk() still, and the
rate-limited bits need some special enabling? That seems odd.

johannes

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