[PATCH 0/2] downgrade noisy debug calls in block devices and ramfs

[Stefan Kerkmann]

Hi Sascha,

On 29.10.24 14:33, Sascha Hauer wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 28, 2024 at 05:17:00PM +0100, Stefan Kerkmann wrote:
>> These two patches are the outcome of an investigation why loading a
>> fitimage from an eMMC took nearly 7s - the sheer amount of generated
>> debugging messages slowed down the system by a factor of ~21 with
>> KConfig options:
>>
>> 	CONFIG_COMPILE_LOGLEVEL=7
>> 	CONFIG_DEFAULT_LOGLEVEL=6
>>
>> Which is the current default combination for barebox.
> 
> This is not the default combination. The default is:
> 
> CONFIG_COMPILE_LOGLEVEL=6
> CONFIG_DEFAULT_LOGLEVEL=7
> 

Oh! You are right, I totally mixed that up.

> The rationale is:
> 
> Do not compile in debug messages by default (CONFIG_COMPILE_LOGLEVEL=6)
> unless DEBUG is defined in a source file. When DEBUG is defined then make
> sure the messages are printed (CONFIG_DEFAULT_LOGLEVEL=7).
> 
> There are tons of debug messages throughout the code which normally
> shouldn't be compiled into the binay.
> 

When triaging a problem I like to gather a good overview by generally enabling
all debugging messages. But the important bits would drown in the block/ramfs
messages. So I would still argue that it is worthwhile to downgrade the level to
verbose debug.

Cheers,
Stefan

> Sascha
> 

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