Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Thu, 23 Jan 2020 09:50:15 +0100 | From | Greg Kroah-Hartman <> | Subject | [PATCH v4] dynamic_debug: allow to work if debugfs is disabled |
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With the realization that having debugfs enabled on "production" systems is generally not a good idea, debugfs is being disabled from more and more platforms over time. However, the functionality of dynamic debugging still is needed at times, and since it relies on debugfs for its user api, having debugfs disabled also forces dynamic debug to be disabled.
To get around this, move the "control" file for dynamic_debug to procfs IFF debugfs is disabled. This lets people turn on debugging as needed at runtime for individual driverfs and subsystems.
Reported-by: many different companies Cc: Jason Baron <jbaron@akamai.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> --- v4: tweaks to the .rst text thanks to Randy's review v3: rename init function as it is now no longer just for debugfs, thanks to Jason for the review. Fix build warning for debugfs_initialized call. v2: Fix up octal permissions and add procfs reference to the Kconfig entry, thanks to Will for the review.
.../admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst | 3 +++ lib/Kconfig.debug | 7 ++++--- lib/dynamic_debug.c | 21 ++++++++++++++----- 3 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst index 252e5ef324e5..60679dda6007 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst @@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ If you make a mistake with the syntax, the write will fail thus:: <debugfs>/dynamic_debug/control -bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument +Note, for systems without 'debugfs' enabled, the control file is located +in ``/proc/dynamic_debug/control``. + Viewing Dynamic Debug Behaviour =============================== diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug index 5ffe144c9794..49980eb8c18e 100644 --- a/lib/Kconfig.debug +++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug @@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ config DYNAMIC_DEBUG bool "Enable dynamic printk() support" default n depends on PRINTK - depends on DEBUG_FS + depends on (DEBUG_FS || PROC_FS) help Compiles debug level messages into the kernel, which would not @@ -116,8 +116,9 @@ config DYNAMIC_DEBUG Usage: Dynamic debugging is controlled via the 'dynamic_debug/control' file, - which is contained in the 'debugfs' filesystem. Thus, the debugfs - filesystem must first be mounted before making use of this feature. + which is contained in the 'debugfs' filesystem or procfs if + debugfs is not present. Thus, the debugfs or procfs filesystem + must first be mounted before making use of this feature. We refer the control file as: <debugfs>/dynamic_debug/control. This file contains a list of the debug statements that can be enabled. The format for each line of the file is: diff --git a/lib/dynamic_debug.c b/lib/dynamic_debug.c index c60409138e13..118e928cdbda 100644 --- a/lib/dynamic_debug.c +++ b/lib/dynamic_debug.c @@ -991,15 +991,26 @@ static void ddebug_remove_all_tables(void) static __initdata int ddebug_init_success; -static int __init dynamic_debug_init_debugfs(void) +static int __init dynamic_debug_init_control(void) { - struct dentry *dir; + struct proc_dir_entry *procfs_dir; + struct dentry *debugfs_dir; if (!ddebug_init_success) return -ENODEV; - dir = debugfs_create_dir("dynamic_debug", NULL); - debugfs_create_file("control", 0644, dir, NULL, &ddebug_proc_fops); + /* Create the control file in debugfs if it is enabled */ + if (debugfs_initialized()) { + debugfs_dir = debugfs_create_dir("dynamic_debug", NULL); + debugfs_create_file("control", 0644, debugfs_dir, NULL, + &ddebug_proc_fops); + return 0; + } + + /* No debugfs so put it in procfs instead */ + procfs_dir = proc_mkdir("dynamic_debug", NULL); + if (procfs_dir) + proc_create("control", 0644, procfs_dir, &ddebug_proc_fops); return 0; } @@ -1077,4 +1088,4 @@ static int __init dynamic_debug_init(void) early_initcall(dynamic_debug_init); /* Debugfs setup must be done later */ -fs_initcall(dynamic_debug_init_debugfs); +fs_initcall(dynamic_debug_init_control); -- 2.25.0
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