Re: [PATCH] dynamic_debug: allow to set dynamic debug flags right at module load time

[Roman Fietze <roman.fietze@telemotive.de>]

Hello Jason, hello LKML,

On Friday 28 May 2010 15:55:49 Jason Baron wrote:

> right, i think we want to add something inside ddebug_add_module()
> that recognizes if the module was loaded with verbose=1. I think you
> can get at the parameters via module->kp, which we need to pass in
> as well.

Yes, I would first check if there's a section named "__verbose" as it
is right now. If yes, I would search the already setup module->kp for
the used parameter.


Proposals, not being sure how to implement that right now:

Default is to search e.g. for param "dprintk".

Provide a macro to override that default, e.g.
DPRINTK_PARAM("verbose")

If the default or defined bool or other integer parameter is unequal
to 0 enable the p-flag on module load for all debug statements of this
module.


Questions just in case the proposal is kind of ok:

Prepare the code to allow the setting of different future flags
unequal to 'p'?

Use a charp param instead of a bool to allow that?


Roman

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