netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 0/3]

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Message-ID: <c6c5b3c5-f862-9cee-6863-24f666cc28f5@gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 31 Jul 2020 11:46:31 -0700
From:   Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:     Rakesh Pillai <pillair@...eaurora.org>, ath10k@...ts.infradead.org
Cc:     linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kvalo@...eaurora.org, davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/3]

On 7/31/20 11:27 AM, Rakesh Pillai wrote:
> The history recording will be compiled only if
> ATH10K_DEBUG is enabled, and also enabled via
> the module parameter. Once the history recording
> is enabled via module parameter, it can be enabled
> or disabled runtime via debugfs.

Why not use trace prints and retrieving them via the function tracer?
This seems very ad-hoc.

> 
> ---
> Changes from v1:
> - Add module param and debugfs to enable/disable history recording.
> 
> Rakesh Pillai (3):
>   ath10k: Add history for tracking certain events
>   ath10k: Add module param to enable history
>   ath10k: Add debugfs support to enable event history
> 
>  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/ce.c      |   1 +
>  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.c    |   3 +
>  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.h    |  82 ++++++++++++
>  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/debug.c   | 207 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/debug.h   |  75 +++++++++++
>  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/snoc.c    |  15 ++-
>  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/wmi-tlv.c |   1 +
>  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/wmi.c     |  10 ++
>  8 files changed, 393 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 


-- 
Florian