Re: [PATCH] dynamic_debug: Add an option to enable dynamic debug for modules only
From: Orson Zhai
Date: Wed Apr 15 2020 - 12:31:50 EST
Hi Jason,
On Fri, Apr 10, 2020 at 8:33 PM Orson Zhai <orson.unisoc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> From: Orson Zhai <orson.zhai@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Instead of enabling dynamic debug globally with CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG,
> CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG_CORE will only enable core function of dynamic
> debug. With the DEBUG_MODULE defined for any modules, dynamic debug
> will be tied to them.
>
> This is useful for people who only want to enable dynamic debug for
> kernel modules without worrying about kernel image size and memory
> consumption is increasing too much.
>
Do you have any comments for this patch?
Best Regards,
Orson
> Signed-off-by: Orson Zhai <orson.zhai@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst | 7 +++++--
> include/linux/dev_printk.h | 6 ++++--
> include/linux/dynamic_debug.h | 2 +-
> include/linux/printk.h | 14 +++++++++-----
> lib/Kconfig.debug | 12 ++++++++++++
> lib/Makefile | 2 +-
> lib/dynamic_debug.c | 9 +++++++--
> 7 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst
> index 0dc2eb8..fa5b8d4 100644
> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst
> @@ -13,8 +13,11 @@ kernel code to obtain additional kernel information. Currently, if
> ``print_hex_dump_debug()``/``print_hex_dump_bytes()`` calls can be dynamically
> enabled per-callsite.
>
> -If ``CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG`` is not set, ``print_hex_dump_debug()`` is just
> -shortcut for ``print_hex_dump(KERN_DEBUG)``.
> +If ``CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG_CORE`` is set, only the modules with ``DEBUG_MODULE``
> +defined will be tied into dynamic debug.
> +
> +If ``CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG`` or ``CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG_CORE`` is not set,
> +``print_hex_dump_debug()`` is just shortcut for ``print_hex_dump(KERN_DEBUG)``.
>
> For ``print_hex_dump_debug()``/``print_hex_dump_bytes()``, format string is
> its ``prefix_str`` argument, if it is constant string; or ``hexdump``
> diff --git a/include/linux/dev_printk.h b/include/linux/dev_printk.h
> index 5aad06b..2fb0671 100644
> --- a/include/linux/dev_printk.h
> +++ b/include/linux/dev_printk.h
> @@ -109,7 +109,8 @@ void _dev_info(const struct device *dev, const char *fmt, ...)
> #define dev_info(dev, fmt, ...) \
> _dev_info(dev, dev_fmt(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__)
>
> -#if defined(CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG)
> +#if defined(CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG) || \
> + (defined(CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG_CORE) && defined(DEBUG_MODULE))
> #define dev_dbg(dev, fmt, ...) \
> dynamic_dev_dbg(dev, dev_fmt(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__)
> #elif defined(DEBUG)
> @@ -181,7 +182,8 @@ do { \
> dev_level_ratelimited(dev_notice, dev, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
> #define dev_info_ratelimited(dev, fmt, ...) \
> dev_level_ratelimited(dev_info, dev, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
> -#if defined(CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG)
> +#if defined(CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG) || \
> + (defined(CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG_CORE) && defined(DEBUG_MODULE))
> /* descriptor check is first to prevent flooding with "callbacks suppressed" */
> #define dev_dbg_ratelimited(dev, fmt, ...) \
> do { \
> diff --git a/include/linux/dynamic_debug.h b/include/linux/dynamic_debug.h
> index 4cf02ec..abcd5fd 100644
> --- a/include/linux/dynamic_debug.h
> +++ b/include/linux/dynamic_debug.h
> @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ struct _ddebug {
>
>
>
> -#if defined(CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG)
> +#if defined(CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG_CORE)
> int ddebug_add_module(struct _ddebug *tab, unsigned int n,
> const char *modname);
> extern int ddebug_remove_module(const char *mod_name);
> diff --git a/include/linux/printk.h b/include/linux/printk.h
> index 1e6108b..77fab5b 100644
> --- a/include/linux/printk.h
> +++ b/include/linux/printk.h
> @@ -291,8 +291,9 @@ extern int kptr_restrict;
> /*
> * These can be used to print at the various log levels.
> * All of these will print unconditionally, although note that pr_debug()
> - * and other debug macros are compiled out unless either DEBUG is defined
> - * or CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG is set.
> + * and other debug macros are compiled out unless either DEBUG is defined,
> + * CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG is set, or CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG_CORE is set when
> + * DEBUG_MODULE being defined for any modules.
> */
> #define pr_emerg(fmt, ...) \
> printk(KERN_EMERG pr_fmt(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__)
> @@ -327,7 +328,8 @@ extern int kptr_restrict;
>
>
> /* If you are writing a driver, please use dev_dbg instead */
> -#if defined(CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG)
> +#if defined(CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG) || \
> + (defined(CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG_CORE) && defined(DEBUG_MODULE))
> #include <linux/dynamic_debug.h>
>
> /* dynamic_pr_debug() uses pr_fmt() internally so we don't need it here */
> @@ -453,7 +455,8 @@ extern int kptr_restrict;
> #endif
>
> /* If you are writing a driver, please use dev_dbg instead */
> -#if defined(CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG)
> +#if defined(CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG) || \
> + (defined(CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG_CORE) && defined(DEBUG_MODULE))
> /* descriptor check is first to prevent flooding with "callbacks suppressed" */
> #define pr_debug_ratelimited(fmt, ...) \
> do { \
> @@ -500,7 +503,8 @@ static inline void print_hex_dump_bytes(const char *prefix_str, int prefix_type,
>
> #endif
>
> -#if defined(CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG)
> +#if defined(CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG) || \
> + (defined(CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG_CORE) && defined(DEBUG_MODULE))
> #define print_hex_dump_debug(prefix_str, prefix_type, rowsize, \
> groupsize, buf, len, ascii) \
> dynamic_hex_dump(prefix_str, prefix_type, rowsize, \
> diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
> index 50c1f5f..25a1b9de 100644
> --- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
> +++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
> @@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ config DYNAMIC_DEBUG
> default n
> depends on PRINTK
> depends on (DEBUG_FS || PROC_FS)
> + select DYNAMIC_DEBUG_CORE
> help
>
> Compiles debug level messages into the kernel, which would not
> @@ -165,6 +166,17 @@ config DYNAMIC_DEBUG
> See Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst for additional
> information.
>
> +config DYNAMIC_DEBUG_CORE
> + bool "Enable core function of dynamic debug support"
> + depends on PRINTK
> + depends on (DEBUG_FS || PROC_FS)
> + help
> + Enable core functional support of dynamic debug. It is useful
> + when you want to tie dynamic debug to your kernel modules with
> + DEBUG_MODULE defined for each of them, especially for the case
> + of embedded system where the kernel image size is sensitive for
> + people.
> +
> config SYMBOLIC_ERRNAME
> bool "Support symbolic error names in printf"
> default y if PRINTK
> diff --git a/lib/Makefile b/lib/Makefile
> index 685aee6..8952772 100644
> --- a/lib/Makefile
> +++ b/lib/Makefile
> @@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ lib-$(CONFIG_GENERIC_BUG) += bug.o
>
> obj-$(CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_TRACEHOOK) += syscall.o
>
> -obj-$(CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG) += dynamic_debug.o
> +obj-$(CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG_CORE) += dynamic_debug.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_SYMBOLIC_ERRNAME) += errname.o
>
> obj-$(CONFIG_NLATTR) += nlattr.o
> diff --git a/lib/dynamic_debug.c b/lib/dynamic_debug.c
> index 8f199f4..321437b 100644
> --- a/lib/dynamic_debug.c
> +++ b/lib/dynamic_debug.c
> @@ -1032,8 +1032,13 @@ static int __init dynamic_debug_init(void)
> int verbose_bytes = 0;
>
> if (&__start___verbose == &__stop___verbose) {
> - pr_warn("_ddebug table is empty in a CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG build\n");
> - return 1;
> + if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG)) {
> + pr_warn("_ddebug table is empty in a CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG build\n");
> + return 1;
> + }
> + pr_info("Ignore empty _ddebug table in a CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG_CORE build\n");
> + ddebug_init_success = 1;
> + return 0;
> }
> iter = __start___verbose;
> modname = iter->modname;
> --
> 2.7.4
>