linux-kernel - [PATCH] intel_rapl: downgrade message if no RAPL domains found in a VM

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Message-Id: <1438265557-50928-1-git-send-email-pbonzini@redhat.com>
Date:	Thu, 30 Jul 2015 16:12:37 +0200
From:	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	prarit@...hat.com, Jacob Pan <jacob.jun.pan@...ux.intel.com>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
Subject: [PATCH] intel_rapl: downgrade message if no RAPL domains found in a VM

People complain about the driver saying there's no valid RAPL domains
in a VM, and doing so at KERN_ERR severity.  Downgrade this to KERN_INFO
if running on a hypervisor, since it is basically stating the obvious.

Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Jacob Pan <jacob.jun.pan@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
---
 drivers/powercap/intel_rapl.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/powercap/intel_rapl.c b/drivers/powercap/intel_rapl.c
index 482b22ddc7b2..a418076dc9c9 100644
--- a/drivers/powercap/intel_rapl.c
+++ b/drivers/powercap/intel_rapl.c
@@ -1320,7 +1320,9 @@ static int rapl_detect_domains(struct rapl_package *rp, int cpu)
 	}
 	rp->nr_domains = bitmap_weight(&rp->domain_map,	RAPL_DOMAIN_MAX);
 	if (!rp->nr_domains) {
-		pr_err("no valid rapl domains found in package %d\n", rp->id);
+		printk("%sNo valid RAPL domains found in package %d\n",
+		       boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_HYPERVISOR) ? KERN_INFO : KERN_ERR,
+		       rp->id);
 		ret = -ENODEV;
 		goto done;
 	}
-- 
1.8.3.1

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