linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -next v1] x86/apic: Reduce print level of CPU limit announcement

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Message-ID: <20190327111452.GC32571@zn.tnic>
Date:   Wed, 27 Mar 2019 12:14:52 +0100
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>
Cc:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
        "Rafael J . Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, x86 <x86@...nel.org>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        linux-pm <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -next v1] x86/apic: Reduce print level of CPU limit
 announcement

On Wed, Mar 27, 2019 at 12:50:24PM +0200, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> It is how we are internally running verification and development,
> with KERN_DEBUG level, we need it to catch bugs.

And what is the big deal with seeing those messages? Why are *exactly*
those two such a big problem and the gazillion other debug messages are
fine?

> This "some config option" is dynamic debug prints and most probably it
> is enabled in your or any kernel developer in the world.

I personally don't use it because it only gets in the way.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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