Re: [RFC Patch 1/1] debugfs_printk and debugfs_dump interface

From: K. Prasad
Date: Mon Apr 28 2008 - 00:49:14 EST


On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 10:50:51AM +1000, Michael Ellerman wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-04-25 at 13:49 +0530, K. Prasad wrote:
> > On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 01:12:00PM +0530, K. Prasad wrote:
> > > Please find the new patch below.
> > > >
> > Let the email slip through a little early. Please find the revised
> > patch below.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > K.Prasad
> >
> > This patch introduces two new interfaces called debugfs_printk and
> > debugfs_dump which can be used to print to the debugfs mount directly.
> > It uses the 'trace' infrastructure underneath and is a patch over it.
> > A sample file is also created to demonstrate its ease of use.
>
> I still think debugfs_printk() is not the right name, as it is not part
> of the existing family of debugfs_* routines.
Whether to call it trace_printk() and trace_dump() is a suggestion I
would like to ask David Wilder (and others). Let me know if you think
there are better names.

Thanks,
K.Prasad

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