Add some basic info on classmap usage and api
cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>
---
v5- adjustments per Randy Dunlap, me
v7b- checkpatch fixes
---
.../admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst | 60 ++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 59 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
@@ -225,7 +225,6 @@ the ``p`` flag has meaning, other flags are ignored.
Note the regexp ``^[-+=][fslmpt_]+$`` matches a flags specification.
To clear all flags at once, use ``=_`` or ``-fslmpt``.
-
Debug messages during Boot Process
==================================
@@ -375,3 +374,62 @@ just a shortcut for ``print_hex_dump(KERN_DEBUG)``.
For ``print_hex_dump_debug()``/``print_hex_dump_bytes()``, format string is
its ``prefix_str`` argument, if it is constant string; or ``hexdump``
in case ``prefix_str`` is built dynamically.
+
+Dynamic Debug classmaps
+=======================
+
+Dyndbg allows selection/grouping of *prdbg* callsites using structural
+info: module, file, function, line. Classmaps allow authors to add
+their own domain-oriented groupings using class-names. Classmaps are
+exported, so they referencable from other modules.
+
+ # enable classes individually
+ :#> ddcmd class DRM_UT_CORE +p
+ :#> ddcmd class DRM_UT_KMS +p
+ # or more selectively
+ :#> ddcmd class DRM_UT_CORE module drm +p
+
+The "class FOO" syntax protects class'd prdbgs from generic overwrite::
+
+ # IOW this doesn't wipe any DRM.debug settings
+ :#> ddcmd -p
+
+To support the DRM.debug parameter, DYNDBG_CLASSMAP_PARAM* updates all
+classes in a classmap, mapping param-bits 0..N onto the classes:
+DRM_UT_<*> for the DRM use-case.
+
+Dynamic Debug Classmap API
+==========================
+
+DYNDBG_CLASSMAP_DEFINE - modules use this to create classmaps, naming
+each of the classes (stringified enum-symbols: "DRM_UT_<*>"), and
+type, and mapping the class-names to consecutive _class_ids.
+
+By doing so, modules tell dyndbg that they are have prdbgs with those
+class_ids, and they authorize dyndbg to accept "class FOO" for the
+module defining that classname.
+
+There are 2 types of classmaps:
+
+ DD_CLASS_TYPE_DISJOINT_BITS: classes are independent, like DRM.debug
+ DD_CLASS_TYPE_LEVEL_NUM: classes are relative, ordered (V3 > V2)
+
+DYNDBG_CLASSMAP_PARAM - refers to a DEFINEd classmap, exposing the set
+of defined classes to manipulation as a group. This interface
+enforces the relatedness of classes of DD_CLASS_TYPE_LEVEL_NUM typed
+classmaps; all classes are independent in the >control parser itself.
+
+DYNDBG_CLASSMAP_USE - drm drivers invoke this to ref the CLASSMAP that
+drm DEFINEs. This shares the classmap definition, and authorizes
+dyndbg to apply changes to the user module's class'd pr_debugs. It
+also tells dyndbg how to initialize the user's prdbgs at modprobe,
+based upon the current setting of the parent's controlling param.
+
+Modules or module-groups (drm & drivers) can define multiple
+classmaps, as long as they share the limited 0..62 per-module-group
+_class_id range, without overlap.
+
+``#define DEBUG`` will enable all pr_debugs in scope, including any
+class'd ones. This won't be reflected in the PARAM readback value,
+but the pr_debug callsites can be toggled into agreement with the
+param.