linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] powerpc/mm: move a KERN_WARNING message to pr

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Date:   Thu, 07 Feb 2019 15:33:57 +1100
From:   Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
To:     Laurent Vivier <lvivier@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        David Gibson <david@...son.dropbear.id.au>,
        Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@....fr>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] powerpc/mm: move a KERN_WARNING message to pr_debug()

Hi Laurent,

I'm not sure I'm convinced about this one. It seems like we're just
throwing away the warning because it's annoying.

Laurent Vivier <lvivier@...hat.com> writes:
> resize_hpt_for_hotplug() reports a warning when it cannot
> increase the hash page table ("Unable to resize hash page
> table to target order") but this is not blocking and
> can make user thinks something has not worked properly.

Something did not work properly, the resize didn't work properly. Right?

> As we move the message to the debug area, report again the
> ENODEV error.
>
> If the operation cannot be done the real error message
> will be reported by arch_add_memory() if create_section_mapping()
> fails.

Can you explain that more. Isn't the fact that the resize failed "the
real error message"?


> Fixes: 7339390d772dd
>        powerpc/pseries: Don't give a warning when HPT resizing isn't available

This should all be on one line, and formatted as:

Fixes: 7339390d772d ("powerpc/pseries: Don't give a warning when HPT resizing isn't available")

See Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst for more info and how
to configure git to do it automatically for you.

cheers