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SubjectRe: [PATCH 0/3] dynamic_hex_dump cleanup
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On Fri, 2017-04-28 at 14:52 -0700, Dan Williams wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 2:49 PM, Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> wrote:
> > On Fri, 2017-04-28 at 14:28 -0700, Dan Williams wrote:
> > > More than one driver has worked around the fact that
> > > print_hex_dump_debug() requires CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG=y to build.
> >
> > No it doesn't. builds work fine. Output is restricted.
> >
> > > Provide a dynamic_hex_dump() so that drivers that want the extra debugging to be
> > > turned off in the CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG=n can use dynamic_hex_dump()
> > > directly.
> >
> > I think the concept is unnecessary
> > .
> > Just use print_hex_dump with KERN_DEBUG.
>
> No, we don't want any possibility of output in the
> CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG=n case. This is extra debug that only makes sense
> in the CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG case.

No, that doesn't work the same.

Look at your conversion of drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c

dev_dbg outputs always when DEBUG is defined and
optionally outputs when CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG is enabled.


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