linux-kernel - Re: [patch] x86: reduce srat verbosity in the kernel log

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Date:	Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:02:39 -0700
From:	Mike Travis <travis@....com>
To:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
CC:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Jack Steiner <steiner@....com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, x86@...nel.org,
	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>, Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch] x86: reduce srat verbosity in the kernel log



Andi Kleen wrote:
>> MAX_LOCAL_APIC was definitely an arbitrary choice here and has very little 
>> relevance.  scnlistprintf will protect against overflow, but we still need 
>> to decide upon a constant that will emit the most information possible 
>> while not overly polluting the printk and saving on bss, as you mentioned.  
>> I suspect we could agree on a value as little as 128 and it would work for 
>> the overwhelming majority (all?) of users.
> 
> For now at least seems reasonable to limit to 128 or so yes (and go
> back to the stack). if we ever have sparse apic ids for nodes 
> then that might change; but in this case could still just do
> a acpidump or teach the printer to be more clever and support
> strides.
> 
> It would be just good to have some indication in the output
> if there was a overflow.
> 
> -Andi
> 

I don't understand the importance of this when the memory is given back
after the system starts up anyway...?

Thanks,
Mike
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