diff --git a/fs/smbfs/smb_debug.h b/fs/smbfs/smb_debug.h
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+/*
+ * Defines some debug macros for smbfs.
+ */
+
+/* This makes a dentry parent/child name pair. Useful for debugging printk's */
+#define DENTRY_PATH(dentry) \
+	(dentry)->d_parent->d_name.name,(dentry)->d_name.name
+
+/*
+ * safety checks that should never happen ???
+ * these are normally enabled.
+ */
+#ifdef SMBFS_PARANOIA
+# define PARANOIA(f, a...) printk(KERN_NOTICE "%s: " f, __FUNCTION__ , ## a)
+#else
+# define PARANOIA(f, a...) do { ; } while(0)
+#endif
+
+/* lots of debug messages */
+#ifdef SMBFS_DEBUG_VERBOSE
+# define VERBOSE(f, a...) printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: " f, __FUNCTION__ , ## a)
+#else
+# define VERBOSE(f, a...) do { ; } while(0)
+#endif
+
+/*
+ * "normal" debug messages, but not with a normal DEBUG define ... way
+ * too common name.
+ */
+#ifdef SMBFS_DEBUG
+#define DEBUG1(f, a...) printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: " f, __FUNCTION__ , ## a)
+#else
+#define DEBUG1(f, a...) do { ; } while(0)
+#endif