[PATCH 20/25] dynamic_debug: rename ddebug param to dyndbg, plus minor tweaks

From: jim . cromie
Date: Wed Nov 30 2011 - 14:59:26 EST


From: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@xxxxxxxxx>

user-visible:
- change param-name from "ddebug" to "dyndbg". This is more clearly
associated with dynamic-debug, and more distinct from other *debug*
names.

minor internal tweaks:
- drop return 0 in the inline void ddebug_module_parse_args stub,
in #ifndef CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG case, to silence warning.
- make ddebug_exec_query static again, its not used elsewhere.
- shrink stack in ddebug_boot_parse_args, move auto vars to __initdata.
- convert printk()s to pr_info()s.
- add "mod" prefix to ddebug_module_parse_args(name, args, ...) parameters.
- in ddebug_module_parse_args(), return early if no mod-params,
to avoid non-pertinent pr_info()s and kstrdup.
- in ddebug_module_parse_args() and ddebug_boot_parse_args() arg scan
loops, invert param-name == "ddebug" checks and continue. This
avoids pr_info()s for uninteresting args, and reduces indenting.
- use ddebug_exec_queries() instead of ddebug_exec_query().

Signed-off-by: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@xxxxxxxxx>
CC: Thomas Renninger <trenn@xxxxxxx>
CC: Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/dynamic-debug-howto.txt | 57 +++++++++++++++++++--------
include/linux/dynamic_debug.h | 7 +---
kernel/params.c | 8 ++--
lib/dynamic_debug.c | 67 +++++++++++++++++----------------
4 files changed, 79 insertions(+), 60 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/dynamic-debug-howto.txt b/Documentation/dynamic-debug-howto.txt
index 269065d..8363a56 100644
--- a/Documentation/dynamic-debug-howto.txt
+++ b/Documentation/dynamic-debug-howto.txt
@@ -241,28 +241,40 @@ this boot parameter for debugging purposes.
Debug Messages at Module Initialization Time
============================================

-Enabling debug messages inside a module is only possible if the module itself
-is loaded already. If you unload a module, the dynamic debug flags associated
-to its debug messages are lost.
-Therefore, enabling debug messages that get processed at module initialization
-time through the <debugfs>/dynamic_debug/control interface is not possible.
-Instead, a "ddebug" module paramter can be passed:
+Enabling a module's debug messages via debug control file only works
+once the module is loaded; too late for callsites in init functions.
+And when module is unloaded, debug flag settings for the module are
+lost. Instead, a "dyndbg" module parameter can be passed:

- - via kernel boot parameter:
- module.ddebug
+ - via kernel boot parameter: (this form works on built-ins too)
+ module.dyndbg=+mfp
+ module.dyndbg # defaults to +p

- - as an ordinary module parameter via modprobe
- modprobe module ddebug
+ - as an ordinary module parameter via modprobe modprobe module
+ $> modprobe module dyndbg +pmfl # defaults to +p

- or the parameter can be used permanently via modprobe.conf(.local)
- options module ddebug
+ options module dyndbg=+pmflt
+ options module dyndbg # defaults to +p

-The ddebug option is not implemented as an ordinary module parameter and thus
-will not show up in /sys/module/module_name/parameters/ddebug
-The settings can get reverted through the sysfs interface again when the
-module got loaded as soon as debug messages are not needed anymore:
-echo "module module_name -p" > <debugfs>/dynamic_debug/control
-as described in the "Command Language Reference" chapter above.
+The $modname.dyndbg="value" should exclude "module $modname", as the
+$modname is taken from the param-name, and only 1 spec of each type is
+allowed.
+
+The ddebug option is not implemented as an ordinary module parameter
+and thus will not show up in /sys/module/module_name/parameters/ddebug
+The settings can be reverted later via the sysfs interface if the
+debug messages are no longer needed:
+
+ echo "module module_name -p" > <debugfs>/dynamic_debug/control
+
+$module.dyndbg="..." on boot-line works on built-in modules as well as
+those loaded by modprobe (from either early or normal userspace), and
+somewhat overlaps debug_query functionality.
+
+Modprobed modules get ddebug flags given on boot-line after those
+given via modprobe (either explicitly, or from /etc/modprobe.d/*).
+This can surprise if boot-line arg subtracts flags.

Examples
========
@@ -290,3 +302,14 @@ nullarbor:~ # echo -n 'func svc_process -p' >
// enable messages for NFS calls READ, READLINK, READDIR and READDIR+.
nullarbor:~ # echo -n 'format "nfsd: READ" +p' >
<debugfs>/dynamic_debug/control
+
+// boot-args example, with newlines and comments
+Kernel command line: ...
+ ddebug_query="func i2c_del_adapter +p; func tboot_probe +p"
+ dynamic_debug.verbose=1 // see whats going on
+ nouveau.dyndbg // implicit =+p
+ tsc_sync.dyndbg=+p // builtin on my kernel
+ i2c_core.dyndbg=+p // loaded by udev
+ *.dyndbg="=_" // wildcard applies to builtins
+ k10temp.dyndbg="+p # comment in query is stripped "
+ pnp.dyndbg="func pnpacpi_get_resources +p; func pnp_assign_mem +p" # multi
diff --git a/include/linux/dynamic_debug.h b/include/linux/dynamic_debug.h
index d6f5b5c..29b57e5 100644
--- a/include/linux/dynamic_debug.h
+++ b/include/linux/dynamic_debug.h
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ extern int ddebug_remove_module(const char *mod_name);
extern __printf(2, 3)
int __dynamic_pr_debug(struct _ddebug *descriptor, const char *fmt, ...);

-extern int ddebug_exec_query(char *query_string);
extern void ddebug_module_parse_args(const char *name, char* args,
struct kernel_param *params, unsigned num);

@@ -105,15 +104,11 @@ static inline int ddebug_remove_module(const char *mod)
{
return 0;
}
-static inline int ddebug_exec_query(char *query_string)
-{
- return 0;
-}
+
static inline void ddebug_module_parse_args(const char *name, char* args,
struct kernel_param *params,
unsigned num)
{
- return 0;
}

#define dynamic_pr_debug(fmt, ...) \
diff --git a/kernel/params.c b/kernel/params.c
index 313ea84..010f167 100644
--- a/kernel/params.c
+++ b/kernel/params.c
@@ -116,12 +116,12 @@ static int parse_one(char *param,
}

/*
- * Ignore ddebug module params and module.ddebug boot params:
+ * Ignore ddebug module params and module.dyndbg boot params:
* Documentation/dynamic-debug-howto.txt
*/
- tmp = strstr(param, ".ddebug");
- if (parameq(param, "ddebug") || (tmp && strlen(tmp) == 7)) {
- DEBUGP("Ignoring ddebug parameter %s\n", param);
+ tmp = strstr(param, ".dyndbg");
+ if (parameq(param, "dyndbg") || (tmp && strlen(tmp) == 7)) {
+ pr_debug("Ignoring ddebug parameter %s\n", param);
return 0;
}

diff --git a/lib/dynamic_debug.c b/lib/dynamic_debug.c
index bb66251..afc9bd3 100644
--- a/lib/dynamic_debug.c
+++ b/lib/dynamic_debug.c
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ static int ddebug_parse_flags(const char *str, unsigned int *flagsp,
return 0;
}

-int ddebug_exec_query(char *query_string)
+static int ddebug_exec_query(char *query_string)
{
unsigned int flags = 0, mask = 0;
struct ddebug_query query;
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ int ddebug_exec_query(char *query_string)
char *words[MAXWORDS];

if (verbose)
- printk(KERN_INFO "%s: got query: %s\n", __func__, query_string);
+ pr_info("got query: %s\n", query_string);

nwords = ddebug_tokenize(query_string, words, MAXWORDS);
if (nwords <= 0)
@@ -879,53 +879,55 @@ int ddebug_add_module(struct _ddebug *tab, unsigned int n,
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ddebug_add_module);

/* We search for *ddebug* module params */
-void ddebug_module_parse_args(const char *name, char* args,
+void ddebug_module_parse_args(const char *modname, char* modargs,
struct kernel_param *params, unsigned num)
{
char ddebug[DDEBUG_STRING_SIZE], *param, *val, *args_it, *arg_dup_ptr;
int i;

+ if (!modargs || !*modargs)
+ return; /* no args, return now, avoid pr_infos */
/*
* We must not modify the passed args string and need to store the
* kstrdup pointer to be able to free memory later, TBD: find a way
* to do this nicer
*/
- arg_dup_ptr = args_it = kstrdup(args, GFP_KERNEL);
+ arg_dup_ptr = args_it = kstrdup(modargs, GFP_KERNEL);
+ args_it = skip_spaces(args_it);

if (verbose)
- printk(KERN_INFO "%s: Parsing ARGS: -%s- of %s\n",
- __func__, args_it, name);
+ pr_info("%s ARGS: %s\n", modname, args_it);

+ /* warn if modules declare ddebug param - todo BUILD_BUG ?? */
for (i = 0; i < num; i++) {
if (!strcmp("ddebug", params[i].name))
pr_warning("Module %s uses reserved keyword "
- "*ddebug* as parameter\n", name);
+ "*ddebug* as parameter\n", modname);
}

- /* Chew leading spaces */
- args_it = skip_spaces(args_it);
-
while (*args_it) {
args_it = next_arg(args_it, &param, &val);
+ if (strcmp(param, "dyndbg"))
+ continue;
+ pr_info("Enabling debugging for module %s\n", modname);
if (verbose)
- printk(KERN_INFO "%s: Param: %s, val: %s\n",
- __func__, param, val);
- if (!strcmp(param, "ddebug")) {
- pr_info("Enabling debugging for module %s\n", name);
- snprintf(ddebug, DDEBUG_STRING_SIZE, "module %s +p",
- name);
- ddebug_exec_query(ddebug);
- }
+ pr_info("Param: %s, val: %s\n", param, val);
+
+ snprintf(ddebug, DDEBUG_STRING_SIZE, "module %s +p", modname);
+ ddebug_exec_queries(ddebug);
}
kfree(arg_dup_ptr);
if (verbose)
- printk(KERN_INFO "%s: Finished %s parsing\n", __func__, name);
+ pr_info("Finished %s parsing\n", modname);
}
-/* We search for module.ddebug kernel boot params */
-static void ddebug_boot_parse_args(void)
+
+char __initdata tmp_cmd_arr[COMMAND_LINE_SIZE];
+char __initdata module[MODULE_NAME_LEN], ddebug[DDEBUG_STRING_SIZE];
+
+/* We search for module.dyndbg kernel boot params */
+static __init void ddebug_boot_parse_args(void)
{
- char tmp_cmd_arr[COMMAND_LINE_SIZE], *tmp_cmd_ptr, *param, *val, *tmp;
- char module[MODULE_NAME_LEN], ddebug[DDEBUG_STRING_SIZE];
+ char *tmp_cmd_ptr, *param, *val, *tmp;

/* next_arg touches the passed buffer and chops each argument */
strlcpy(tmp_cmd_arr, saved_command_line, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);
@@ -934,17 +936,16 @@ static void ddebug_boot_parse_args(void)

while (*tmp_cmd_ptr) {
tmp_cmd_ptr = next_arg(tmp_cmd_ptr, &param, &val);
+ tmp = strstr(param, ".dyndbg");
+ if (!tmp || strlen(tmp) != 7)
+ continue;
+ strlcpy(module, param, tmp - param + 1);
+ pr_info("Enabling debugging for module %s\n", module);
if (verbose)
- printk(KERN_INFO "%s: Param: %s, val: %s\n",
- __func__, param, val);
- tmp = strstr(param, ".ddebug");
- if (tmp && strlen(tmp) == 7) {
- strlcpy(module, param, tmp - param + 1);
- pr_info("Enabling debugging for module %s\n", module);
- snprintf(ddebug, DDEBUG_STRING_SIZE, "module %s +p",
- module);
- ddebug_exec_query(ddebug);
- }
+ pr_info("Param: %s, val: %s\n", param, val);
+
+ snprintf(ddebug, DDEBUG_STRING_SIZE, "module %s +p", module);
+ ddebug_exec_queries(ddebug);
}
}

--
1.7.7.3

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