Messages in this thread | | | From | Joerg Roedel <> | Subject | [PATCH 0/4] dma-debug: driver filter v2 | Date | Tue, 2 Jun 2009 16:36:40 +0200 |
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Hi,
this small patchset adds a new feature to dma-api debugging: a driver filter. A driver developer can write the name of his driver to dma-api/driver_filter and the kernel will then only print errors produced by this driver. This is useful if other drivers in the system also have bugs. In this case the driver developer can limit the bug output to messages interesting for him.
Joerg
Changes since v1:
- addressed Andrews comments (used string functions were appropriate and reduced inlining, added some more comments)
diffstat:
Documentation/DMA-API.txt | 12 +++ Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 7 ++ lib/dma-debug.c | 167 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 3 files changed, 185 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
shortlog:
Joerg Roedel (4): dma-debug: add variables and checks for driver filter dma-debug: add debugfs file for driver filter dma-debug: add dma_debug_driver kernel command line dma-debug: add documentation for the driver filter
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