linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH v3 3/4] x86/efi: print size in binary units in efi_print

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Date:	Mon, 25 Jan 2016 20:37:58 +0000
From:	"Elliott, Robert (Persistent Memory)" <elliott@....com>
To:	Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>,
	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senpartnership.com>
CC:	Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
	Matt Fleming <matt@...eblueprint.co.uk>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	"linux-efi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-efi@...r.kernel.org>,
	Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"linux-kernel @ vger . kernel . org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v3 3/4] x86/efi: print size in binary units in
 efi_print_memmap



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Robert Elliott, HPE Persistent Memory


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andy Shevchenko [mailto:andy.shevchenko@...il.com]
> Sent: Monday, January 25, 2016 2:01 PM
> To: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senpartnership.com>
> Cc: Elliott, Robert (Persistent Memory) <elliott@....com>; Andy Shevchenko
> <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>; Matt Fleming
> <matt@...eblueprint.co.uk>; Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>; Ingo
> Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>; H . Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>; linux-
> efi@...r.kernel.org; Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>; Andrew
> Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>; linux-kernel @ vger . kernel . org
> <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/4] x86/efi: print size in binary units in
> efi_print_memmap
> 
> On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 9:45 PM, James Bottomley
> <James.Bottomley@...senpartnership.com> wrote:
> > On Mon, 2016-01-25 at 21:28 +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> >> On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 8:56 PM, James Bottomley
> >> <James.Bottomley@...senpartnership.com> wrote:
> >> > On Mon, 2016-01-25 at 18:02 +0000, Elliott, Robert (Persistent
> >> > Memory)
> >> > wrote:
> >>
> >> >  Using ffs leads to precision runaway
> >>
> >> How exactly?!
> >
> > Off by one.  A size of 0xffffffffffffffff prints 18446744073709551615 B
> > rather than 20 GiB.
> 
> Because it's not a 20 GiB. It's exactly 20 GiB - 1 B.
> 
> AFAIU, the intention was to show _exact_ size.

For the UEFI memory map, that was indeed my intention.  I
don't want it silently round to "20 GiB".  Even rounding
to "19.999 GiB" is imprecise.

Another option could be to use a "~" prefix for imperfect
values, like "~20 GiB".  That would serve as a warning
that something's not quite right.