Re: [PATCH 2/3] tracing: Use pr_crit() instead of long fancy messages

On 2021-04-01 10:39, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> Hi Steven,
> 
> On Wed, Mar 31, 2021 at 3:40 PM Steven Rostedt <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On Wed, 31 Mar 2021 11:31:03 +0200
>> Geert Uytterhoeven <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> This reduces kernel size by ca. 0.5 KiB.
>>
>> If you are worried about size, disable tracing and it will go away
>> entirely. 0.5KiB is a drop in the bucket compared to what tracing adds in
>> size overhead.
> 
> Fair enough for this particular case, as tracing can be disabled.

I think the same argument can be applied to patch #1 - it's hard to 
imaging anyone debugging an IOMMU driver on a system where a few hundred 
bytes makes the slightest bit of difference, and for people not 
debugging IOMMU drivers it should be moot (per the message itself).

Robin.