netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/9] l2tp: replace custom logging code with tracepoints

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Date:   Fri, 21 Aug 2020 12:25:28 +0100
From:   James Chapman <jchapman@...alix.com>
To:     Tom Parkin <tparkin@...alix.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/9] l2tp: replace custom logging code with
 tracepoints

On 21/08/2020 11:47, Tom Parkin wrote:
> The l2tp subsystem implemented custom logging macros for debugging
> purposes which were controlled using a set of debugging flags in each
> tunnel and session structure.
>
> A more standard and easier-to-use approach is to use tracepoints.
>
> This patchset refactors l2tp to:
>
>  * remove excessive logging
>  * tweak useful log messages to use the standard pr_* calls for logging
>    rather than the l2tp wrappers
>  * replace debug-level logging with tracepoints
>  * add tracepoints for capturing tunnel and session lifetime events

Acked-by: James Chapman <jchapman@...alix.com>