On Tue, Nov 18, 2025 at 01:18:10PM -0700, Jim Cromie wrote: > hello all, > > commit aad0214f3026 ("dyndbg: add DECLARE_DYNDBG_CLASSMAP macro") > > added dyndbg's "classmaps" feature, which brought dyndbg's 0-off-cost > debug to DRM. Dyndbg wired to /sys/module/drm/parameters/debug, > mapped its bits to classes named "DRM_UT_*", and effected the callsite > enablements only on updates to the sys-node (and underlying >control). > > Sadly, it hit a CI failure, resulting in: > commit bb2ff6c27bc9 ("drm: Disable dynamic debug as broken") > > The regression was that drivers, when modprobed, did not get the > drm.debug=0xff turn-on action, because that had already been done for > drm.ko itself. > > The core design bug is in the DECLARE_DYNDBG_CLASSMAP macro. Its use > in both drm.ko (ie core) and all drivers.ko meant that they couldn't > fundamentally distinguish their respective roles. They each > "re-defined" the classmap separately, breaking K&R-101. > > My ad-hoc test scripting helped to hide the error from me, by 1st > testing various combos of boot-time module.dyndbg=... and > drm.debug=... configurations, and then inadvertently relying upon > those initializations. > > This series addresses both failings: > > It replaces DECLARE_DYNDBG_CLASSMAP with > > - `DYNAMIC_DEBUG_CLASSMAP_DEFINE`: Used by core modules (e.g., > `drm.ko`) to define their classmaps. Based upon DECLARE, it exports > the classmap so USE can use it. > > - `DYNAMIC_DEBUG_CLASSMAP_USE`: this lets other "subsystem" users > create a linkage to the classmap defined elsewhere (ie drm.ko). > These users can then find their "parent" and apply its settings. > > It adds a selftest script, and a 2nd "sub-module" to recapitulate > DRM's multi-module "subsystem" use-case, including the specific > failure scenario. > > It also adds minor parsing enhancements, allowing easier construction > of multi-part debug configurations. These enhancements are used to > test classmaps in particular, but are not otherwize required. What commit/tree this series is based on? Confused... -- An old man doll... just what I always wanted! - Clara