On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 3:07 PM, Joe Perches <j...@perches.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 2017-04-28 at 14:52 -0700, Dan Williams wrote:
>> On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 2:49 PM, Joe Perches <j...@perches.com> wrote:
>> > On Fri, 2017-04-28 at 14:28 -0700, Dan Williams wrote:
>> > > More than one driver has worked around the fact that
>> > > print_hex_dump_debug() requires CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG=y to build.
>> >
>> > No it doesn't.  builds work fine.  Output is restricted.
>> >
>> > > Provide a dynamic_hex_dump() so that drivers that want the extra 
>> > > debugging to be
>> > > turned off in the CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG=n can use dynamic_hex_dump()
>> > > directly.
>> >
>> > I think the concept is unnecessary
>> > .
>> > Just use print_hex_dump with KERN_DEBUG.
>>
>> No, we don't want any possibility of output in the
>> CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG=n case. This is extra debug that only makes sense
>> in the CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG case.
>
> No, that doesn't work the same.
>
> Look at your conversion of drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c
>
> dev_dbg outputs always when DEBUG is defined and
> optionally outputs when CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG is enabled.

Right, that's what I want dev_dbg() to output at KERN_DEBUG level
always and the hexdump only in the dynamic case.

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