Re: [RFC PATCH 0/4] Drop custom logging

From: Phil Elwell
Date: Thu Jan 19 2023 - 09:41:08 EST


On Thu, 19 Jan 2023 at 14:37, Dan Carpenter <error27@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Jan 19, 2023 at 02:31:50PM +0000, Phil Elwell wrote:
> > On Thu, 19 Jan 2023 at 14:25, Dan Carpenter <error27@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Thu, Jan 19, 2023 at 01:47:44PM +0000, Phil Elwell wrote:
> > > > > > I understand the desire to remove the custom logging. I don't welcome
> > > > > > the loss of flexibility that comes with such a strategy
> > > > >
> > > > > What "loss of flexibility"? You now have access to the full dynamic
> > > > > debugging facilities that all of the rest of the kernel has. What is
> > > > > lacking?
> > > >
> > > > Perhaps I've missed something, either in this patch set or the kernel
> > > > as a whole, but how is one supposed to set different logging levels on
> > > > different facilities within a driver/module, or even for the module as
> > > > a whole?
> > >
> > > Yeah. You will be still able to do that and more besides after the
> > > transition. Cleaning this up makes the code better in every way.
> > >
> > > Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst
> >
> > Are you saying this patch set gets us to that point?
>
> Yes. The patch has some issues, but yes.

OK, thanks. I'll be watching how this plays out with interest.

Phil