linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/8] Scaling msgmni to the amount of lowmem

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Date:	Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:28:14 -0700
From:	"Tony Luck" <tony.luck@...el.com>
To:	Nadia.Derbey@...l.net
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, y-goto@...fujitsu.com,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	containers@...ts.linux-foundation.org, matthltc@...ibm.com,
	cmm@...ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/8] Scaling msgmni to the amount of lowmem

On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 7:16 AM,  <Nadia.Derbey@...l.net> wrote:
>  Index: linux-2.6.24-mm1/ipc/msg.c
>  ===================================================================
>  --- linux-2.6.24-mm1.orig/ipc/msg.c     2008-02-07 15:02:29.000000000 +0100
>  +++ linux-2.6.24-mm1/ipc/msg.c  2008-02-07 15:24:19.000000000 +0100
...
>  +out_callback:
>  +
>  +       printk(KERN_INFO "msgmni has been set to %d for ipc namespace %p\n",
>  +               ns->msg_ctlmni, ns);
>  +}

This patch has now made its way to mainline.  I can see how this printk
was really useful to you while developing this patch. But does it add
much value in a production system? It just looks like another piece of
clutter on the console to my uncontainerized eyes.

-Tony
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