[PATCH v3 1/2] printk: add print_hex_dump_devel()
From: Thorsten Blum
Date: Thu Mar 19 2026 - 05:41:32 EST
Add print_hex_dump_devel() as the hex dump equivalent of pr_devel(),
which emits output only when DEBUG is enabled, but keeps call sites
compiled otherwise.
Suggested-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@xxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/printk.h | 13 +++++++++++++
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/linux/printk.h b/include/linux/printk.h
index 63d516c873b4..54e3c621fec3 100644
--- a/include/linux/printk.h
+++ b/include/linux/printk.h
@@ -801,6 +801,19 @@ static inline void print_hex_dump_debug(const char *prefix_str, int prefix_type,
}
#endif
+#if defined(DEBUG)
+#define print_hex_dump_devel(prefix_str, prefix_type, rowsize, \
+ groupsize, buf, len, ascii) \
+ print_hex_dump(KERN_DEBUG, prefix_str, prefix_type, rowsize, \
+ groupsize, buf, len, ascii)
+#else
+static inline void print_hex_dump_devel(const char *prefix_str, int prefix_type,
+ int rowsize, int groupsize,
+ const void *buf, size_t len, bool ascii)
+{
+}
+#endif
+
/**
* print_hex_dump_bytes - shorthand form of print_hex_dump() with default params
* @prefix_str: string to prefix each line with;