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Message-ID: <20180920162834.bjpeixsfidqseoeq@gabell>
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2018 12:28:36 -0400
From: Masayoshi Mizuma <msys.mizuma@...il.com>
To: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, x86@...nel.org,
Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com>,
Masayoshi Mizuma <m.mizuma@...fujitsu.com>,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mike.travis@....com, sivanich@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] x86/mm: Add an option to change the padding used
for the physical memory mapping
On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 11:28:47AM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Sep 2018, Masayoshi Mizuma wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 02:48:06PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>
> > > - Add checking code to the later SRAT case to at least _detect_ bad
> > > padding after the fact.
> > >
> > > We don't utilize RAM with bad padding until that, right?
> >
> > I have an idea as following. Does that make sense?
> >
> > Add a warning message which shows the padding size is not enough
> > for the physical memory mapping and tell to the user about
> > recommended padding size. User can change the padding size in next
> > reboot to add the boot parameter.
>
> Yes, that makes sense because silently failing is bad.
Thanks. I will try to add it.
- Masa
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