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Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/17] Add main.c
From: "Nemanov, Michael" <michael.nemanov@ti.com>
To: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@kernel.org>, Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org>,
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On 5/31/2024 4:50 PM, Nemanov, Michael wrote:
> On 5/22/2024 12:46 PM, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:>
>>> +
>>> +static int cc33xx_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>>> +{
>>> +	struct cc33xx *cc;
>>> +	struct ieee80211_hw *hw;
>>> +	struct cc33xx_platdev_data *pdev_data = dev_get_platdata(&pdev->dev);
>>> +	const char *nvs_name;
>>> +	int ret;
>>> +
>>> +	cc33xx_debug(DEBUG_CC33xx, "Wireless Driver Version %s", DRV_VERSION);
>>
>> Drop
>>
>>> +
>>> +	if (!pdev_data) {
>>> +		cc33xx_error("can't access platform data");
>>
>> Do not use your own print code. Use standard dev_() calls. This applies
>> *everywhere*.
>>
>> [...]
>>
>>> +	cc33xx_debug(DEBUG_CC33xx, "WLAN CC33xx platform device probe done");
>>
>> Drop, tracing/sysfs gices you this. Do not print simple
>> success/entry/exit messages.
>>
>> [...]
>>
>>> +};
>>> +MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(platform, cc33xx_id_table);
>>> +
>>> +static struct platform_driver cc33xx_driver = {
>>> +	.probe		= cc33xx_probe,
>>> +	.remove		= cc33xx_remove,
>>> +	.id_table	= cc33xx_id_table,
>>> +	.driver = {
>>> +		.name	= "cc33xx_driver",
>>> +	}
>>> +};
>>> +
>>> +u32 cc33xx_debug_level = DEBUG_NO_DATAPATH;
>>> 
>> Why this is global? Why u32? Why global variable is defined at the end
>> of the file?!?!
>  
> cc33xx_debug_level together with cc33xx_debug/info/error() macros is how
> all traces were done in drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/ (originally was
> wl1271_debug/info etc.)
> It enables / disables traces without rebuilding or even reloading which
> is very helpful for remote support. These macros map to dynamic_pr_debug
> / pr_debug. I saw similar wrappers in other wireless drivers (ath12k).
> This is also why there are plenty of cc33xx_debug() all over the code,
> most are silent by default.

Any more thoughts on debug traces? I'll remove all trivial function 
entry / exit traces as Krzysztof requested. Is it OK to keep other 
cc33xx_debug() calls which will be off by default?

Michael.