Re: [PATCH] of: introduce event tracepoints for dynamic device_node lifecyle

From	Frank Rowand <frowand.list@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH] of: introduce event tracepoints for dynamic device_node lifecyle
Date	2017-04-20 04:40 +0200
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On 04/19/17 11:45, Tyrel Datwyler wrote:
> On 04/18/2017 07:49 PM, Steven Rostedt wrote:
>> On Tue, 18 Apr 2017 18:42:32 -0700
>> Frank Rowand <frowand.list@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> And of course the other issue with using tracepoints is the extra space
>>> required to hold the tracepoint info.  With the pr_debug() approach, the
>>> space usage can be easily removed for a production kernel via a config
>>> option.
>>
>> Now if you are saying you want to be able to enable debugging without
>> the tracing infrastructure I would agree. As the tracing infrastructure
>> is large. But I'm working on shrinking it more.
> 
> The primary consumers of OF_DYNAMIC seem to be pseries and powernv where
> we are generally going to see the trace infrastructure enabled by
> default in production.

Another primary consumer will be overlays for ARM expansion boards.  Still
a work in progress.

-Frank

> 
> -Tyrel
> 
>>
>>>
>>> Tracepoints are wonderful technology, but not always the proper tool to
>>> use for debug info.
>>
>> But if you are going to have tracing enabled regardless, adding a few
>> more tracepoints isn't going to make the difference.
>>
>> -- Steve
>>
>>>
>>>> If Rob wants to convert printk() style data to trace data (and I can't
>>>> convince him otherwise) then I will have further comments on this specific
>>>> patch.
>>>>
> 
> .
>

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[PATCH] of: introduce event tracepoints for dynamic device_node lifecyle Tyrel Datwyler <tyreld@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2017-04-18 02:40 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] of: introduce event tracepoints for dynamic device_node  lifecyle Tyrel Datwyler <tyreld@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2017-04-18 02:40 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] of: introduce event tracepoints for dynamic device_node lifecyle Rob Herring <robh+dt@kernel.org> - 2017-04-18 18:50 +0200
    Re: [PATCH] of: introduce event tracepoints for dynamic device_node lifecyle "Oliver O'Halloran" <oohall@gmail.com> - 2017-04-19 04:40 +0200
      Re: [PATCH] of: introduce event tracepoints for dynamic device_node lifecyle Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> - 2017-04-19 12:20 +0200
        Re: [PATCH] of: introduce event tracepoints for dynamic device_node  lifecyle Tyrel Datwyler <tyreld@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2017-04-19 23:20 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] of: introduce event tracepoints for dynamic device_node  lifecyle Frank Rowand <frowand.list@gmail.com> - 2017-04-19 02:10 +0200
    Re: [PATCH] of: introduce event tracepoints for dynamic device_node lifecyle Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> - 2017-04-19 03:40 +0200
      Re: [PATCH] of: introduce event tracepoints for dynamic device_node  lifecyle Frank Rowand <frowand.list@gmail.com> - 2017-04-19 04:40 +0200
        Re: [PATCH] of: introduce event tracepoints for dynamic device_node  lifecyle Tyrel Datwyler <tyreld@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2017-04-19 20:40 +0200
      Re: [PATCH] of: introduce event tracepoints for dynamic device_node  lifecyle Tyrel Datwyler <turtle.in.the.kernel@gmail.com> - 2017-04-20 01:30 +0200
        Re: [PATCH] of: introduce event tracepoints for dynamic device_node  lifecyle Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> - 2017-04-20 04:40 +0200
          Re: [PATCH] of: introduce event tracepoints for dynamic device_node  lifecyle Frank Rowand <frowand.list@gmail.com> - 2017-04-20 06:50 +0200
          Re: [PATCH] of: introduce event tracepoints for dynamic device_node  lifecyle Tyrel Datwyler <turtle.in.the.kernel@gmail.com> - 2017-04-20 07:30 +0200
            Re: [PATCH] of: introduce event tracepoints for dynamic device_node  lifecyle Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> - 2017-04-20 15:40 +0200
        Re: [PATCH] of: introduce event tracepoints for dynamic device_node  lifecyle Frank Rowand <frowand.list@gmail.com> - 2017-04-20 06:50 +0200
          Re: [PATCH] of: introduce event tracepoints for dynamic device_node  lifecyle Frank Rowand <frowand.list@gmail.com> - 2017-04-20 07:20 +0200
          Re: [PATCH] of: introduce event tracepoints for dynamic device_node  lifecyle Tyrel Datwyler <turtle.in.the.kernel@gmail.com> - 2017-04-20 19:00 +0200
            Re: [PATCH] of: introduce event tracepoints for dynamic device_node  lifecyle Frank Rowand <frowand.list@gmail.com> - 2017-04-20 21:40 +0200
              Re: [PATCH] of: introduce event tracepoints for dynamic device_node lifecyle Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> - 2017-04-21 04:00 +0200
    Re: [PATCH] of: introduce event tracepoints for dynamic device_node  lifecyle Frank Rowand <frowand.list@gmail.com> - 2017-04-19 03:50 +0200
      Re: [PATCH] of: introduce event tracepoints for dynamic device_node  lifecyle Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> - 2017-04-19 05:00 +0200
        Re: [PATCH] of: introduce event tracepoints for dynamic device_node  lifecyle Tyrel Datwyler <tyreld@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2017-04-19 20:50 +0200
          Re: [PATCH] of: introduce event tracepoints for dynamic device_node  lifecyle Frank Rowand <frowand.list@gmail.com> - 2017-04-20 04:40 +0200
            Re: [PATCH] of: introduce event tracepoints for dynamic device_node  lifecyle Frank Rowand <frowand.list@gmail.com> - 2017-04-20 12:50 +0200
    Re: [PATCH] of: introduce event tracepoints for dynamic device_node  lifecyle Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> - 2017-04-19 04:50 +0200
      Re: [PATCH] of: introduce event tracepoints for dynamic device_node  lifecyle Frank Rowand <frowand.list@gmail.com> - 2017-04-19 05:20 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] of: introduce event tracepoints for dynamic device_node  lifecyle Frank Rowand <frowand.list@gmail.com> - 2017-04-19 19:50 +0200

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