s390/s390dbf: add debug_level_enabled() function

Add the debug_level_enabled() function to check if debug events for
a particular level would be logged.  This might help to save cycles
for debug events that require additional information collection.

Signed-off-by: Hendrik Brueckner <brueckner@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/s390/s390dbf.txt b/Documentation/s390/s390dbf.txt
index fcaf0b4..3da1633 100644
--- a/Documentation/s390/s390dbf.txt
+++ b/Documentation/s390/s390dbf.txt
@@ -158,6 +158,16 @@ Return Value:  none
 Description:   Sets new actual debug level if new_level is valid. 
 
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+bool debug_level_enabled (debug_info_t * id, int level);
+
+Parameter:    id:	  handle for debug log
+	      level:	  debug level
+
+Return Value: True if level is less or equal to the current debug level.
+
+Description:  Returns true if debug events for the specified level would be
+	      logged. Otherwise returns false.
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 void debug_stop_all(void);
 
 Parameter:     none