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[v4,27/41] drm_print: prefer bare printk KERN_DEBUG on generic fn

Message ID 20220720153233.144129-28-jim.cromie@gmail.com (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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Series DYNDBG: opt-in class'd debug for modules, use in drm. | expand

Commit Message

Jim Cromie July 20, 2022, 3:32 p.m. UTC 
drm_print.c calls pr_debug() just once, from __drm_printfn_debug(),
which is a generic/service fn.  The callsite is compile-time enabled
by DEBUG in both DYNAMIC_DEBUG=y/n builds.

For dyndbg builds, reverting this callsite back to bare printk is
correcting a few anti-features:

1- callsite is generic, serves multiple drm users.
   it is soft-wired on currently by #define DEBUG
   could accidentally: #> echo -p > /proc/dynamic_debug/control

2- optional "decorations" by dyndbg are unhelpful/misleading here,
   they describe only the generic site, not end users

IOW, 1,2 are unhelpful at best, and possibly confusing.

reverting yields a nominal data and text shrink:

   text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
 462583   36604   54592 553779   87333 /kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/drm.ko
 462515   36532   54592 553639   872a7 -dirty/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/drm.ko

Signed-off-by: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/gpu/drm/drm_print.c | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_print.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_print.c
index effb95b3c2bf..e0de79a22255 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_print.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_print.c
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ 
  * Rob Clark <robdclark@gmail.com>
  */
 
-#define DEBUG /* for pr_debug() */
-
 #include <linux/stdarg.h>
 
 #include <linux/io.h>
@@ -185,7 +183,8 @@  EXPORT_SYMBOL(__drm_printfn_info);
 
 void __drm_printfn_debug(struct drm_printer *p, struct va_format *vaf)
 {
-	pr_debug("%s %pV", p->prefix, vaf);
+	/* pr_debug callsite decorations are unhelpful here */
+	printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s %pV", p->prefix, vaf);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__drm_printfn_debug);