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Re: [PATCH] mac80211_hwsim: use dyndbg for debug messages

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On Wed, 2017-06-28 at 15:17 +0200, Lubomir Rintel wrote:
> The mac80211_hwsim doesn't offer a way to disable the debugging output.
> Unfortunately, it's pretty chatty, dumping a  lot of stuff into the message
> buffer.
> 
> This patch changes it to use dyndbg for controlling the debug output.
> It's disabled by default, but can be enabled by a module parameter (1),
> at runtime (2) or persisted in modprobe.conf (3).
> 
>   (1) modprobe mac80211_hwsim dyndbg=+p
>   (2) echo "module mac80211_hwsim +p" >/sys/kernel/debug/dynamic_debug/control
>   (3) echo "options mac80211_hwsim dyndbg=+p" >>/etc/modprobe.d/my.conf

I wonder about the value at all of the 2 forms:

wiphy_dbg	-> only with #define DEBUG or dynamic_debug
wiphy_debug	-> always emitted at KERN_DEBUG

Is there any real value in wiphy_debug?

Should it just be converted to

#define wiphy_debug	wiphy_dbg

or maybe a global sed to remove it completely?

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[PATCH] mac80211_hwsim: use dyndbg for debug messages Lubomir Rintel <lkundrak@v3.sk> - 2017-06-28 15:30 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] mac80211_hwsim: use dyndbg for debug messages Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> - 2017-06-28 15:40 +0200
    Re: [PATCH] mac80211_hwsim: use dyndbg for debug messages Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> - 2017-06-28 17:10 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] mac80211_hwsim: use dyndbg for debug messages Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> - 2017-06-28 17:10 +0200
    Re: [PATCH] mac80211_hwsim: use dyndbg for debug messages Lubomir Rintel <lkundrak@v3.sk> - 2017-06-28 21:20 +0200
      Re: [PATCH] mac80211_hwsim: use dyndbg for debug messages Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> - 2017-06-28 21:30 +0200
      Re: [PATCH] mac80211_hwsim: use dyndbg for debug messages Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> - 2017-06-29 15:10 +0200

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