dynamic_debug: allow to work if debugfs is disabled

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, also create the "control" file for dynamic_debug in
procfs.  This allows people turn on debugging as needed at runtime for
individual driverfs and subsystems.

Reported-by: many different companies
Cc: Jason Baron <jbaron@akamai.com>
Acked-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200210211142.GB1373304@kroah.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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Greg Kroah-Hartman 2020-02-10 13:11:42 -08:00
parent 3aef021b2d
commit 239a5791ff
3 changed files with 30 additions and 8 deletions

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@ -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 can be
found in ``/proc/dynamic_debug/control``.
Viewing Dynamic Debug Behaviour
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