Re: [PATCH v2 4/7] platform/x86/intel/ifs: Implement Array BIST test

From: Dave Hansen
Date: Wed Feb 22 2023 - 15:13:27 EST


On 2/15/23 13:13, Joseph, Jithu wrote:
> And for the last argument, we need to dump the whole 64 bits within "command"
> into trace output .

No, no you don't.

Just split it up in to human-readable logical pieces. You don't need to
dump the whole 'command'. If you want to trace the completion mask,
then extract the mask and print *that* with a proper field name.

I actually really think this tracing should go away, *ESPECIALLY* if you
insist on dumping out raw, non-human-readable MSR values.

I say NAK on the tracing. You haven't convinced me that it's necessary
on top of what we have today (MSR tracing).