Re: [PATCH] plist: include -DDEBUG if CONFIG_DEBUG_PI_LIST

From: Dan Streetman
Date: Mon May 05 2014 - 10:35:26 EST


On Fri, May 2, 2014 at 4:41 PM, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, 2 May 2014 16:23:43 -0400
> Dan Streetman <ddstreet@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> lib/plist.c uses pr_debug() in its test function, which is compiled
>> and run only when CONFIG_DEBUG_PI_LIST in set; however pr_debug()
>> is compiled out unless -DDEBUG is set for the file.
>>
>> Update lib/Makefile to add -DDEBUG to CFLAGS_plist.o if
>> CONFIG_DEBUG_PI_LIST is set, so that the pr_debug() output from
>> plist_test() is shown.
>
> Why not just use printk(KERN_DEBUG ...) then if we always want to print
> it?
>
> You could just place
>
> #define DEBUG
>
> in plist.c as well. Although I think just switching to printk() is
> better.

Agreed - since the entire function is already inside
CONFIG_DEBUG_PI_LIST, there's no need to additionally require DEBUG so
we should just use printk. New patch to follow.

Thanks!

>
> -- Steve
>
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Dan Streetman <ddstreet@xxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> lib/Makefile | 4 ++++
>> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/lib/Makefile b/lib/Makefile
>> index 0cd7b68..fd1f4c8 100644
>> --- a/lib/Makefile
>> +++ b/lib/Makefile
>> @@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ CFLAGS_kobject.o += -DDEBUG
>> CFLAGS_kobject_uevent.o += -DDEBUG
>> endif
>>
>> +ifeq ($(CONFIG_DEBUG_PI_LIST),y)
>> +CFLAGS_plist.o += -DDEBUG
>> +endif
>> +
>> obj-$(CONFIG_GENERIC_IOMAP) += iomap.o
>> obj-$(CONFIG_GENERIC_PCI_IOMAP) += pci_iomap.o
>> obj-$(CONFIG_HAS_IOMEM) += iomap_copy.o devres.o
>
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