Re: [PATCH v1 09/12] dyndbg: add trace destination field to _ddebug

From: Łukasz Bartosik
Date: Fri Nov 10 2023 - 13:07:24 EST


sob., 4 lis 2023 o 02:39 <jim.cromie@xxxxxxxxx> napisał(a):
>
> On Fri, Nov 3, 2023 at 7:10 AM Łukasz Bartosik <lb@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Add trace destination field (trace_dst) to the _ddebug structure.
> > The trace destination field is used to determine output of debug
> > logs when +T is set. Setting trace_dst value to 0 (default) enables
> > output to prdbg and devdbg trace events. Setting trace_dst value to
> > a value in range of [1..255] enables output to trace instance.
>
>
> should we do some expectation setting here ?
> 255 is something of a promise to more than tom,dick,harry.
> 16-64 is more suggestive of a limited resource,
> might encourage more judicious use.
>

How about making it configurable in kernel Kconfig with default value
set to 16 or 32 ?

> will look further later