linux-kernel - Re: [patch 14/18] x86, ds: use single debug store cpu configuration

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Date:	Thu, 2 Apr 2009 21:29:42 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	markus.t.metzger@...el.com
Cc:	tglx@...utronix.de, hpa@...or.com, markus.t.metzger@...il.com,
	roland@...hat.com, eranian@...glemail.com, oleg@...hat.com,
	juan.villacis@...el.com, ak@...ux.jf.intel.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 14/18] x86, ds: use single debug store cpu configuration


* markus.t.metzger@...el.com <markus.t.metzger@...el.com> wrote:

> Use a single configuration for all cpus.
> 

> @@ -1291,11 +1290,15 @@ ds_configure(const struct ds_configurati
>  	printk("bts/pebs record: %u/%u bytes\n",
>  	       ds_cfg.sizeof_rec[ds_bts], ds_cfg.sizeof_rec[ds_pebs]);
>  
> -	WARN_ON_ONCE(MAX_SIZEOF_DS < (12 * ds_cfg.sizeof_ptr_field));
> +	WARN_ON(MAX_SIZEOF_DS < (12 * ds_cfg.sizeof_ptr_field));

Why this change?

Firstly, it was not declared in the changelog which is a no-no. 

Secondly, this is a bad change: we are more than content to have a 
single such warning bootup - not dozens of it (on some large 
system).

	Ingo
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