Turning the Message on and off

The code for this feature:

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#undef PDEBUG /* undef it, just in case */
#ifdef SCULL_DEBUG
#    ifdef __KERNEL__
        /* This one if debugging is on, and kernel space */

#         define PDEBUG(fmt, args...) printk( KERN_DEBUG "scull: " fmt, ## args)
#    else
        /* This one for user space */
#        define PDEBUG(fmt, args...) fprintf(stderr, fmt, ## args)
#    endif
#else
#    define PDEBUG(fmt, args...) /* not debugging: nothing */
#endif

#undef PDEBUGG
#define PDEBUGG(fmt, args...) /* nothing: it's a placeholder */

 

 

The makefile for this purpose:

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# Comment/uncomment the following line to disable/enable debugging
DEBUG = y

# Add your debugging flag (or not) to CFLAGS
ifeq ($(DEBUG),y)
    DEBFLAGS = -O -g -DSCULL_DEBUG # "-O" is needed to expand inlines
else
    DEBFLAGS = -O2
endif

CFLAGS += $(DEBFLAGS)