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From: Jim Cromie via B4 Relay <devnull+jim.cromie.gmail.com@kernel.org>
To: Jason Baron <jbaron@akamai.com>, Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>,
	 Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	 Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@linux.intel.com>,
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Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org,
	 dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org,
	 linux-modules@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
	 linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org, linux-pm@vger.kernel.org,
	 Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>,
	 Louis Chauvet <louis.chauvet@bootlin.com>
Subject: [PATCH v10 09/38] dyndbg: reword "class unknown," to "class:_UNKNOWN_"
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2026 09:33:01 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260916-dd-cmap-part2-clean-v10-9-af4cf4767707@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260916-dd-cmap-part2-clean-v10-0-af4cf4767707@gmail.com>

From: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>

When a dyndbg classname is unknown to a kernel module, the callsite is
un-addressable via >control queries, and therefore uncontrollable.

The control-file displays this condition as "class unknown, _id:N"
currently.  That spelling is sub-optimal/too-generic, so change it to
"class:_UNKNOWN_ _id:N" to loudly announce the erroneous situation,
and to make it uniquely greppable.

NB: while this might be seen as a user-visible change, this shouldn't
disqualify the change:

a- it reports a classmap coding error condition, which should be
   detected in (or before) review.
b- SHOUTING the error makes it more visible, uniquely greppable.
c- the classmap feature is marked BROKEN for its only current user.

Signed-off-by: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Louis Chauvet <louis.chauvet@bootlin.com>
---
 lib/dynamic_debug.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/dynamic_debug.c b/lib/dynamic_debug.c
index 5187516c57a9..2269166763cc 100644
--- a/lib/dynamic_debug.c
+++ b/lib/dynamic_debug.c
@@ -1174,7 +1174,7 @@ static int ddebug_proc_show(struct seq_file *m, void *p)
 		if (class)
 			seq_printf(m, " class:%s", class);
 		else
-			seq_printf(m, " class unknown, _id:%d", dp->class_id);
+			seq_printf(m, " class:_UNKNOWN_ _id:%d", dp->class_id);
 	}
 	seq_putc(m, '\n');
 

-- 
2.55.0



  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-09-16 15:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 39+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-16 15:32 [PATCH v10 00/38] dyndbg: Fix classmaps API for subsystems, query extensions, selftests Jim Cromie via B4 Relay
2026-09-16 15:32 ` [PATCH v10 01/38] selftests/dyndbg: Add kselftest script to verify dynamic-debug Jim Cromie via B4 Relay
2026-09-16 15:32 ` [PATCH v10 02/38] vmlinux.lds.h: refactor BOUNDED_SECTION_* macros into bounded_sections.lds.h Jim Cromie via B4 Relay
2026-09-16 15:32 ` [PATCH v10 03/38] vmlinux.lds.h: drop unused HEADERED_SECTION* macros Jim Cromie via B4 Relay
2026-09-16 15:32 ` [PATCH v10 04/38] vmlinux.lds.h: Fix ALIGN(8) omission causing NULL ptr on i386 Jim Cromie via B4 Relay
2026-09-16 15:32 ` [PATCH v10 05/38] vmlinux.lds.h: remove redundant ALIGN(8) directives Jim Cromie via B4 Relay
2026-09-16 15:32 ` [PATCH v10 06/38] dyndbg.lds.S: fix lost dyndbg sections in modules Jim Cromie via B4 Relay
2026-09-16 15:32 ` [PATCH v10 07/38] dyndbg: factor ddebug_match_desc out from ddebug_change Jim Cromie via B4 Relay
2026-09-16 15:33 ` [PATCH v10 08/38] dyndbg: add stub macro for DECLARE_DYNDBG_CLASSMAP Jim Cromie via B4 Relay
2026-09-16 15:33 ` Jim Cromie via B4 Relay [this message]
2026-09-16 15:33 ` [PATCH v10 10/38] dyndbg-API: remove DD_CLASS_TYPE_(DISJOINT|LEVEL)_NAMES and code Jim Cromie via B4 Relay
2026-09-16 15:33 ` [PATCH v10 11/38] dyndbg: drop NUM_TYPE_ARGS Jim Cromie via B4 Relay
2026-09-16 15:33 ` [PATCH v10 12/38] dyndbg: bump num-tokens in a query-cmd from 9 to 15 Jim Cromie via B4 Relay
2026-09-16 15:33 ` [PATCH v10 13/38] dyndbg: reduce verbose/debug clutter Jim Cromie via B4 Relay
2026-09-16 15:33 ` [PATCH v10 14/38] dyndbg: Bind callsites and classmaps to DDEBUG_MODNAME Jim Cromie via B4 Relay
2026-09-16 15:33 ` [PATCH v10 15/38] dyndbg: refactor param_set_dyndbg_classes and below Jim Cromie via B4 Relay
2026-09-16 15:33 ` [PATCH v10 16/38] dyndbg: tighten fn-sig of ddebug_apply_class_bitmap Jim Cromie via B4 Relay
2026-09-16 15:33 ` [PATCH v10 17/38] dyndbg: replace classmap list with an array-slice Jim Cromie via B4 Relay
2026-09-16 15:33 ` [PATCH v10 18/38] dyndbg: macrofy a 2-index for-loop pattern Jim Cromie via B4 Relay
2026-09-16 15:33 ` [PATCH v10 19/38] dyndbg: reduce class param storage to u32 Jim Cromie via B4 Relay
2026-09-16 15:33 ` [PATCH v10 20/38] dyndbg,module: make proper substructs in _ddebug_info Jim Cromie via B4 Relay
2026-09-16 15:33 ` [PATCH v10 21/38] dyndbg: move mod_name down from struct ddebug_table to _ddebug_info Jim Cromie via B4 Relay
2026-09-16 15:33 ` [PATCH v10 22/38] dyndbg: hoist classmap-filter-by-modname up to ddebug_add_module Jim Cromie via B4 Relay
2026-09-16 15:33 ` [PATCH v10 23/38] dyndbg-API: replace DECLARE_DYNDBG_CLASSMAP Jim Cromie via B4 Relay
2026-09-16 15:33 ` [PATCH v10 24/38] selftests/dyndbg: Enable FT_classmap_inheritance Jim Cromie via B4 Relay
2026-09-16 15:33 ` [PATCH v10 25/38] dyndbg: detect class_id reservation conflicts Jim Cromie via B4 Relay
2026-09-16 15:33 ` [PATCH v10 26/38] dyndbg: check DYNAMIC_DEBUG_CLASSMAP_{DEFINE,USE_} args at compile-time Jim Cromie via B4 Relay
2026-09-16 15:33 ` [PATCH v10 27/38] dyndbg-test: add do_bulk testpoint, rename do_prints to do_classes Jim Cromie via B4 Relay
2026-09-16 15:33 ` [PATCH v10 28/38] dyndbg-API: promote DYNAMIC_DEBUG_CLASSMAP_PARAM to API Jim Cromie via B4 Relay
2026-09-16 15:33 ` [PATCH v10 29/38] dyndbg: control-parser: treat comma as a token separator Jim Cromie via B4 Relay
2026-09-16 15:33 ` [PATCH v10 30/38] selftests: enable comma-terminator tests Jim Cromie via B4 Relay
2026-09-16 15:33 ` [PATCH v10 31/38] dyndbg: split multi-query strings with @ Jim Cromie via B4 Relay
2026-09-16 15:33 ` [PATCH v10 32/38] dyndbg: resolve "protection" of class'd pr_debug Jim Cromie via B4 Relay
2026-09-16 15:33 ` [PATCH v10 33/38] dyndbg: harden classmap and descriptor validation Jim Cromie via B4 Relay
2026-09-16 15:33 ` [PATCH v10 34/38] docs/dyndbg: add classmap info to howto Jim Cromie via B4 Relay
2026-09-16 15:33 ` [PATCH v10 35/38] dyndbg: Ignore additional arguments from pr_fmt Jim Cromie via B4 Relay
2026-09-16 15:33 ` [PATCH v10 36/38] dyndbg: add epilogue to dynamic_debug/control file Jim Cromie via B4 Relay
2026-09-16 15:33 ` [PATCH v10 37/38] dyndbg: add +c flag to count advantage of classmaps for DRM Jim Cromie via B4 Relay
2026-09-16 15:33 ` [PATCH v10 38/38] dyndbg: add DEBUG-biased fallback stubs for _dynamic_func_call_cls Jim Cromie via B4 Relay

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