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Date:   Tue, 2 Jun 2020 08:56:53 -0700
From:   "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>
To:     Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Cc:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org,
        "Joel Fernandes (Google)" <joel@...lfernandes.org>,
        x86 <x86@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rcu/performance: Fix kfree_perf_init() build warning on
 32-bit kernels

On Tue, Jun 02, 2020 at 11:57:51AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> Hi Paul,
> 
> On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 9:17 PM Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org> wrote:
> > On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 08:27:44PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > > * tip-bot2 for Joel Fernandes (Google) <tip-bot2@...utronix.de> wrote:
> > >
> > > > The following commit has been merged into the core/rcu branch of tip:
> > > >
> > > > Commit-ID:     f87dc808009ac86c790031627698ef1a34c31e25
> > > > Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/f87dc808009ac86c790031627698ef1a34c31e25
> > > > Author:        Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@...lfernandes.org>
> > > > AuthorDate:    Mon, 16 Mar 2020 12:32:26 -04:00
> > > > Committer:     Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>
> > > > CommitterDate: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 11:02:50 -07:00
> > > >
> > > > rcuperf: Add ability to increase object allocation size
> > > >
> > > > This allows us to increase memory pressure dynamically using a new
> > > > rcuperf boot command line parameter called 'rcumult'.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@...lfernandes.org>
> > > > Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>
> > > > ---
> > > >  kernel/rcu/rcuperf.c | 5 ++++-
> > > >  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/kernel/rcu/rcuperf.c b/kernel/rcu/rcuperf.c
> > > > index a4a8d09..16dd1e6 100644
> > > > --- a/kernel/rcu/rcuperf.c
> > > > +++ b/kernel/rcu/rcuperf.c
> 
> > > > @@ -722,6 +723,8 @@ kfree_perf_init(void)
> > > >             schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(1);
> > > >     }
> > > >
> > > > +   pr_alert("kfree object size=%lu\n", kfree_mult * sizeof(struct kfree_obj));
> > >
> > > There's a new build warning on certain 32-bit kernel builds due to
> > > this commit:
> > >
> > > In file included from ./include/linux/printk.h:7,
> > >                  from ./include/linux/kernel.h:15,
> > >                  from kernel/rcu/rcuperf.c:13:
> > > kernel/rcu/rcuperf.c: In function ‘kfree_perf_init’:
> > > ./include/linux/kern_levels.h:5:18: warning: format ‘%lu’ expects argument of type ‘long unsigned int’, but argument 2 has type ‘unsigned int’ [-Wformat=]
> > >     5 | #define KERN_SOH "\001"  /* ASCII Start Of Header */
> > >       |                  ^~~~~~
> > > ./include/linux/kern_levels.h:9:20: note: in expansion of macro ‘KERN_SOH’
> > >     9 | #define KERN_ALERT KERN_SOH "1" /* action must be taken immediately */
> > >       |                    ^~~~~~~~
> > > ./include/linux/printk.h:295:9: note: in expansion of macro ‘KERN_ALERT’
> > >   295 |  printk(KERN_ALERT pr_fmt(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__)
> > >       |         ^~~~~~~~~~
> > > kernel/rcu/rcuperf.c:726:2: note: in expansion of macro ‘pr_alert’
> > >   726 |  pr_alert("kfree object size=%lu\n", kfree_mult * sizeof(struct kfree_obj));
> > >       |  ^~~~~~~~
> > > kernel/rcu/rcuperf.c:726:32: note: format string is defined here
> > >   726 |  pr_alert("kfree object size=%lu\n", kfree_mult * sizeof(struct kfree_obj));
> > >       |                              ~~^
> > >       |                                |
> > >       |                                long unsigned int
> > >       |                              %u
> 
> This issue is now upstream.
> 
> > > The reason for the warning is that both kfree_mult and sizeof() are
> > > 'int' types on 32-bit kernels, while the format string expects a long.
> 
> sizeof() is of type size_t, which is either unsigned int (32-bit) or
> unsigned long (64-bit).
> Hence the result of the multiplication is also of type size_t.
> 
> > >
> > > Instead of casting the type to long or tweaking the format string, the
> > > most straightforward solution is to upgrade kfree_mult to a long.
> > > Since this depends on CONFIG_RCU_PERF_TEST
> 
> So the proper fix is Kefeng's patch from April:
> "[PATCH -next] rcuperf: Fix printk format warning"
> https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200417040245.66382-1-wangkefeng.wang@huawei.com

Apologies for not having followed up on this one.

I applied this commit and sent the pull request, CCing you.

							Thanx, Paul

> ":"--
> > Makes sense, and I have queued the patch below, which I am assuming
> > that you want in the upcoming merge window.  If you don't tell me
> > otherwise, I will send you an urgent pull request later today.
> > Or, if you just put it directly into -tip yourself:
> >
> > Reviewed-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>
> >
> > Either way, please let me know.
> >
> > > BTW., could we please also rename this code from 'PERF_TEST'/'perf test'
> > > to 'PERFORMANCE_TEST'/'performance test'? At first glance I always
> > > mistakenly believe that it's somehow related to perf, while it isn't. =B-)
> >
> > Fair enough, especially given that perf was there first and is also way
> > more heavily used.  ;-)
> >
> > But I am guessing that this one is OK for the v5.9 merge window.
> > Either way, I will update as you say.
> >
> >                                                         Thanx, Paul
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > commit 2fbc7d67a2ed108e3ac63296670fecb3a42fddd0
> > Author: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
> > Date:   Tue May 26 12:10:01 2020 -0700
> >
> >     rcuperf: Fix kfree_mult to match printk() format
> >
> >     This commit changes the type of kfree_mult from int to long in order
> >     to match the printk() format on 32-bit systems.
> >
> >     Reported-by: kbuild test robot <lkp@...el.com>
> >     Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
> >     Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>
> >
> > diff --git a/kernel/rcu/rcuperf.c b/kernel/rcu/rcuperf.c
> > index d906ca9..fb3a1f0 100644
> > --- a/kernel/rcu/rcuperf.c
> > +++ b/kernel/rcu/rcuperf.c
> > @@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ torture_param(bool, shutdown, RCUPERF_SHUTDOWN,
> >  torture_param(int, verbose, 1, "Enable verbose debugging printk()s");
> >  torture_param(int, writer_holdoff, 0, "Holdoff (us) between GPs, zero to disable");
> >  torture_param(int, kfree_rcu_test, 0, "Do we run a kfree_rcu() perf test?");
> > -torture_param(int, kfree_mult, 1, "Multiple of kfree_obj size to allocate.");
> > +torture_param(long, kfree_mult, 1, "Multiple of kfree_obj size to allocate.");
> >
> >  static char *perf_type = "rcu";
> >  module_param(perf_type, charp, 0444);
> 
> Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
> 
>                         Geert
> 
> -- 
> Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@...ux-m68k.org
> 
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