linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv2] x86: mm: clean up probe_memory_block

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Message-ID: <20151130164817.GA18972@cerebellum.local.variantweb.net>
Date:	Mon, 30 Nov 2015 10:48:17 -0600
From:	Seth Jennings <sjennings@...iantweb.net>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>,
	Daniel J Blueman <daniel@...ascale.com>,
	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>, x86@...nel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2] x86: mm: clean up probe_memory_block_size()

On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 08:39:32AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> * Seth Jennings <sjennings@...iantweb.net> wrote:
> 
> > v2:
> > remove local bz variable (Ingo) and debug message since, if
> > the 2GB message doesn't print, there is only one possible
> > block size.
> 
> I'd not remove the info message, it would print the memory block size regardless 
> of memory size. Yes, one could decode the 'no message' case as 'the kernel used 
> the default value' - but that's very version dependent and obscure in any case. 
> Please keep the debug message in both code paths, like the original code had it.
> 
> But, on a second thought, I'd definitely harmonize the messages, instead of:
> 
> >  		pr_info("Using 2GB memory block size for large-memory system\n");
> > 	printk(KERN_DEBUG "memory block size : %ldMB\n", bz >> 20);
> 
> I'd print:
> 
> >  		pr_info("x86/mm: Memory block size: 2GB, large-memory system\n");
> > 	pr_info("x86/mm: Memory block size: %ldMB\n", bz >> 20);
> 
> Also note how I changed both printouts to pr_info(), so that we have the memory 
> block size information printed unconditionally.
> 
> (And btw., doing this printout means that we should keep the 'bz' local variable.)

Just sent out v3.

Thanks,
Seth

> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 	Ingo
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