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drm_print: prefer bare printk KERN_DEBUG on generic fn
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drm_print.c calls pr_debug() just once, from __drm_printfn_debug(),
which is a generic/service fn.  The callsite is compile-time enabled
by DEBUG in both DYNAMIC_DEBUG=y/n builds.

For dyndbg builds, reverting this callsite back to bare printk is
correcting a few anti-features:

1- callsite is generic, serves multiple drm users.
   it is soft-wired on currently by #define DEBUG
   could accidentally: #> echo -p > /proc/dynamic_debug/control

2- optional "decorations" by dyndbg are unhelpful/misleading here,
   they describe only the generic site, not end users

IOW, 1,2 are unhelpful at best, and possibly confusing.

reverting yields a nominal data and text shrink:

   text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
 462583   36604   54592 553779   87333 /kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/drm.ko
 462515   36532   54592 553639   872a7 -dirty/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/drm.ko

Signed-off-by: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220912052852.1123868-9-jim.cromie@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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Jim Cromie authored and Greg Kroah-Hartman committed Sep 24, 2022
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5 changes: 2 additions & 3 deletions drivers/gpu/drm/drm_print.c
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* Rob Clark <robdclark@gmail.com>
*/

#define DEBUG /* for pr_debug() */

#include <linux/stdarg.h>

#include <linux/io.h>
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void __drm_printfn_debug(struct drm_printer *p, struct va_format *vaf)
{
pr_debug("%s %pV", p->prefix, vaf);
/* pr_debug callsite decorations are unhelpful here */
printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s %pV", p->prefix, vaf);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(__drm_printfn_debug);

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