From: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>
To: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>,
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>, Jason Baron <jbaron@akamai.com>,
Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>,
Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@suse.com>,
Daniel Gomez <da.gomez@kernel.org>,
Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@google.com>,
Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@atomlin.com>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>,
Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@linux.intel.com>,
Maxime Ripard <mripard@kernel.org>,
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Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
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linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org,
Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>,
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Łukasz Bartosik <ukaszb@chromium.org>
Subject: [PATCH v3 00/24] dynamic-debug cleanups refactors maintenance + alignment fix
Date: Mon, 01 Jun 2026 12:04:46 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260601-dd-maint-2-v3-0-4a15b241bd3c@gmail.com> (raw)
This series starts with 2 doc-only patches updating the current state
of dynamic-debug, they were posted separately here, without pushback.
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-doc/20260502-dyndbg-doc-v1-0-67cc4a93a77e@gmail.com/
Next 5 are a fix to a linker-script alignment problem in 32bit arches
causing a null-ptr scanning dyndbg-descriptor section on i386. These
were reviewed by Petr Pavlu.
The remaining patches are cleanups, refactors in preparation for an
API change needed to fix a regression in DRM when it uses classmaps.
I split these out for easier review, I will follow up with the API
change afterwards.
The biggest revision vs V2 is the new patch: 25. It addresses a flaw
detected by sashiko which is best described by example.
Dyndbg uses KBUILD_MODNAME to provide module-name, this works well for
loadable modules (module loader requires unique module names), but for
builtin modules, is effectively kbasename, and not unique.
So we get 4 modules named "main": init/main, kernel/power/main,
kernel/base/poser/main. This ambiguity is visible in user-space since
the beginning of dyndbg.
Now suppose kernel/{,base}/power/main want to define classmaps to
categorize the various pr-debugs they have. The current code finds a
module's classmaps by strcmp on modname, so init/main will match
against classmaps defined by both kernel/{,base}/power/main.
The current code will also map "main" classes to kernel/*/power/main,
so they will probably work at first, but 2 independent classmaps can
both use class-ids 0-N, but will conflict if they're both used by a
module. Then we have classmap overlaps and unpredictable results.
patch-25 eliminates the ambiguity by using KBUILD_MODFILE to provide a
unique module-name, then adds matching against kbasename(modname) to
restore the legacy query behavior. It *does* change the modname
exposed in /proc/dynamic_debug/control, but not the result of a query
like "module main +p".
OLDER VERSIONS:
V2 primarily revises:
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20260504-dd-cleanups-2-v1-0-6fdd24040642@gmail.com/
V2 addressed most of sashiko's feedback on V1:
https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260504-dd-cleanups-2-v1-0-6fdd24040642%40gmail.com
It dropped the pr-fmt patch, as not reproducible,
advanced the drop-NAMES patch to reduce subsequent churn,
and fixed the classmaps PARAMs to u64 to avoid 32bit flags on 32bit arches
For easy one-stop-shopping, V2 also included 2 smaller series:
1st fixes a section alignment problem, with Reviewed-by from Petr Pavlu
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20260515-asm-generic-1-v3-0-680b273666d4@gmail.com/
Signed-off-by: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>
---
Changes in v3:
- EDITME: describe what is new in this series revision.
- EDITME: use bulletpoints and terse descriptions.
- Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260523-dd-maint-2-v2-0-b937312aa083@gmail.com
---
Jim Cromie (24):
docs/dyndbg: update examples \012 to \n
docs/dyndbg: explain flags parse 1st
vmlinux.lds.h: refactor BOUNDED_SECTION_* macros into bounded_sections.lds.h
vmlinux.lds.h: drop unused HEADERED_SECTION* macros
vmlinux.lds.h: Fix ALIGN(8) omission causing NULL ptr on i386
vmlinux.lds.h: remove redundant ALIGN(8) directives
dyndbg.lds.S: fix lost dyndbg sections in modules
dyndbg: factor ddebug_match_desc out from ddebug_change
dyndbg: add stub macro for DECLARE_DYNDBG_CLASSMAP
dyndbg: reword "class unknown," to "class:_UNKNOWN_"
dyndbg-API: remove DD_CLASS_TYPE_(DISJOINT|LEVEL)_NAMES and code
dyndbg: drop NUM_TYPE_ARGS
dyndbg: reduce verbose/debug clutter
dyndbg: refactor param_set_dyndbg_classes and below
dyndbg: tighten fn-sig of ddebug_apply_class_bitmap
dyndbg: replace classmap list with an array-slice
dyndbg: macrofy a 2-index for-loop pattern
dyndbg: Upgrade class param storage to u64 for 64-bit classmaps
dyndbg,module: make proper substructs in _ddebug_info
dyndbg: move mod_name down from struct ddebug_table to _ddebug_info
dyndbg: hoist classmap-filter-by-modname up to ddebug_add_module
selftests-dyndbg: add a dynamic_debug run_tests target
dyndbg: change __dynamic_func_call_cls* macros into expressions
dynamic_debug: use KBUILD_MODFILE for unique builtin module names
Documentation/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.rst | 55 ++-
MAINTAINERS | 2 +
drivers/gpu/drm/drm_print.c | 6 +-
include/asm-generic/bounded_sections.lds.h | 32 ++
include/asm-generic/dyndbg.lds.h | 18 +
include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h | 68 +--
include/drm/drm_print.h | 2 +-
include/linux/dynamic_debug.h | 133 +++---
kernel/module/main.c | 12 +-
lib/dynamic_debug.c | 501 ++++++++++-----------
lib/test_dynamic_debug.c | 30 +-
scripts/module.lds.S | 2 +
tools/testing/selftests/Makefile | 1 +
tools/testing/selftests/dynamic_debug/Makefile | 9 +
tools/testing/selftests/dynamic_debug/config | 8 +
.../selftests/dynamic_debug/dyndbg_selftest.sh | 294 ++++++++++++
16 files changed, 736 insertions(+), 437 deletions(-)
---
base-commit: e43ffb69e0438cddd72aaa30898b4dc446f664f8
change-id: 20260521-dd-maint-2-76c542079420
Best regards,
--
Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>
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2026-06-01 12:04 Jim Cromie [this message]
2026-06-01 12:04 ` [PATCH v3 01/24] docs/dyndbg: update examples \012 to \n Jim Cromie
2026-06-04 4:06 ` Claude review: " Claude Code Review Bot
2026-06-01 12:04 ` [PATCH v3 02/24] docs/dyndbg: explain flags parse 1st Jim Cromie
2026-06-04 4:06 ` Claude review: " Claude Code Review Bot
2026-06-01 12:04 ` [PATCH v3 03/24] vmlinux.lds.h: refactor BOUNDED_SECTION_* macros into bounded_sections.lds.h Jim Cromie
2026-06-04 4:06 ` Claude review: " Claude Code Review Bot
2026-06-01 12:04 ` [PATCH v3 04/24] vmlinux.lds.h: drop unused HEADERED_SECTION* macros Jim Cromie
2026-06-04 4:06 ` Claude review: " Claude Code Review Bot
2026-06-01 12:04 ` [PATCH v3 05/24] vmlinux.lds.h: Fix ALIGN(8) omission causing NULL ptr on i386 Jim Cromie
2026-06-04 4:06 ` Claude review: " Claude Code Review Bot
2026-06-01 12:04 ` [PATCH v3 06/24] vmlinux.lds.h: remove redundant ALIGN(8) directives Jim Cromie
2026-06-04 4:06 ` Claude review: " Claude Code Review Bot
2026-06-01 12:04 ` [PATCH v3 07/24] dyndbg.lds.S: fix lost dyndbg sections in modules Jim Cromie
2026-06-04 4:06 ` Claude review: " Claude Code Review Bot
2026-06-01 12:04 ` [PATCH v3 08/24] dyndbg: factor ddebug_match_desc out from ddebug_change Jim Cromie
2026-06-04 4:06 ` Claude review: " Claude Code Review Bot
2026-06-01 12:04 ` [PATCH v3 09/24] dyndbg: add stub macro for DECLARE_DYNDBG_CLASSMAP Jim Cromie
2026-06-04 4:06 ` Claude review: " Claude Code Review Bot
2026-06-01 12:04 ` [PATCH v3 10/24] dyndbg: reword "class unknown," to "class:_UNKNOWN_" Jim Cromie
2026-06-04 4:06 ` Claude review: " Claude Code Review Bot
2026-06-01 12:04 ` [PATCH v3 11/24] dyndbg-API: remove DD_CLASS_TYPE_(DISJOINT|LEVEL)_NAMES and code Jim Cromie
2026-06-04 4:06 ` Claude review: " Claude Code Review Bot
2026-06-01 12:04 ` [PATCH v3 12/24] dyndbg: drop NUM_TYPE_ARGS Jim Cromie
2026-06-04 4:06 ` Claude review: " Claude Code Review Bot
2026-06-01 12:04 ` [PATCH v3 13/24] dyndbg: reduce verbose/debug clutter Jim Cromie
2026-06-04 4:06 ` Claude review: " Claude Code Review Bot
2026-06-01 12:05 ` [PATCH v3 14/24] dyndbg: refactor param_set_dyndbg_classes and below Jim Cromie
2026-06-04 4:06 ` Claude review: " Claude Code Review Bot
2026-06-01 12:05 ` [PATCH v3 15/24] dyndbg: tighten fn-sig of ddebug_apply_class_bitmap Jim Cromie
2026-06-04 4:06 ` Claude review: " Claude Code Review Bot
2026-06-01 12:05 ` [PATCH v3 16/24] dyndbg: replace classmap list with an array-slice Jim Cromie
2026-06-04 4:06 ` Claude review: " Claude Code Review Bot
2026-06-01 12:05 ` [PATCH v3 17/24] dyndbg: macrofy a 2-index for-loop pattern Jim Cromie
2026-06-04 4:06 ` Claude review: " Claude Code Review Bot
2026-06-01 12:05 ` [PATCH v3 18/24] dyndbg: Upgrade class param storage to u64 for 64-bit classmaps Jim Cromie
2026-06-04 4:06 ` Claude review: " Claude Code Review Bot
2026-06-01 12:05 ` [PATCH v3 19/24] dyndbg,module: make proper substructs in _ddebug_info Jim Cromie
2026-06-04 4:07 ` Claude review: " Claude Code Review Bot
2026-06-01 12:05 ` [PATCH v3 20/24] dyndbg: move mod_name down from struct ddebug_table to _ddebug_info Jim Cromie
2026-06-04 4:07 ` Claude review: " Claude Code Review Bot
2026-06-01 12:05 ` [PATCH v3 21/24] dyndbg: hoist classmap-filter-by-modname up to ddebug_add_module Jim Cromie
2026-06-04 4:07 ` Claude review: " Claude Code Review Bot
2026-06-01 12:05 ` [PATCH v3 22/24] selftests-dyndbg: add a dynamic_debug run_tests target Jim Cromie
2026-06-04 4:07 ` Claude review: " Claude Code Review Bot
2026-06-01 12:05 ` [PATCH v3 23/24] dyndbg: change __dynamic_func_call_cls* macros into expressions Jim Cromie
2026-06-04 4:07 ` Claude review: " Claude Code Review Bot
2026-06-01 12:05 ` [PATCH v3 24/24] dynamic_debug: use KBUILD_MODFILE for unique builtin module names Jim Cromie
2026-06-04 4:07 ` Claude review: " Claude Code Review Bot
2026-06-04 4:06 ` Claude review: dynamic-debug cleanups refactors maintenance + alignment fix Claude Code Review Bot
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