Re: [RFC v1] opp: add config option for debug

From: Frank Wunderlich
Date: Thu May 05 2022 - 13:51:16 EST


Hi,

Am 4. Mai 2022 20:24:00 MESZ schrieb Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>On Wed, May 04, 2022 at 07:48:23PM +0200, Frank Wunderlich wrote:
>> From: Frank Wunderlich <frank-w@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Currently OPP debug is enabled by DEBUG_DRIVER option. This is
>generic
>> driver debug and opp floods serial console. This is annoying if opp
>is
>> not needed so give it an additional config-key.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Frank Wunderlich <frank-w@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> drivers/base/Kconfig | 1 +
>> drivers/opp/Kconfig | 7 +++++++
>> drivers/opp/Makefile | 2 +-
>> 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/base/Kconfig b/drivers/base/Kconfig
>> index 6f04b831a5c0..8ae826c95d5f 100644
>> --- a/drivers/base/Kconfig
>> +++ b/drivers/base/Kconfig
>> @@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ config DEV_COREDUMP
>> config DEBUG_DRIVER
>> bool "Driver Core verbose debug messages"
>> depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
>> + imply DEBUG_OPP
>
>This should not be needed, otherwise we would have to do that for all
>random driver subsystem in the kernel.

Have added this to have same behaviour if anyone sets DEBUG_DRIVER via defconfig. Else this is disabled by default.

>> help
>> Say Y here if you want the Driver core to produce a bunch of
>> debug messages to the system log. Select this if you are having a
>> diff --git a/drivers/opp/Kconfig b/drivers/opp/Kconfig
>> index e8ce47b32735..6a2d2c6c1143 100644
>> --- a/drivers/opp/Kconfig
>> +++ b/drivers/opp/Kconfig
>> @@ -12,3 +12,10 @@ config PM_OPP
>> representing individual voltage domains and provides SOC
>> implementations a ready to use framework to manage OPPs.
>> For more information, read <file:Documentation/power/opp.rst>
>> +
>> +menu "Operating Performance Points (OPP)"
>> +config DEBUG_OPP
>> + bool "Debug Operating Performance Points"
>> + help
>> + enable opp debugging
>> +endmenu
>> diff --git a/drivers/opp/Makefile b/drivers/opp/Makefile
>> index f65ed5985bb4..2589915eef95 100644
>> --- a/drivers/opp/Makefile
>> +++ b/drivers/opp/Makefile
>> @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
>> # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
>> -ccflags-$(CONFIG_DEBUG_DRIVER) := -DDEBUG
>> +ccflags-$(CONFIG_DEBUG_OPP) := -DDEBUG
>
>This feels wrong, you shouldn't need a -DDEBUG for anything if all is
>going correctly. Why is opp so odd this way? Just use the normal
>dev_dbg() macros and all will be fine, nothing special should be needed
>at all.

I have looked more into it,just wanted to get driver debug (probing/binding) and dev_dbg messages without the opp spam (floods serial console).

>And don't use a config option for it either, no one will turn it on, it
>needs to "just work" for all systems.

Config option is to enable if needed and not via driver-debug.

>thanks,
>
>greg k-h


regards Frank