linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH v1] hv_balloon: disable warning when floor reached

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Date:   Mon, 19 Oct 2020 02:58:08 +0000
From:   Michael Kelley <mikelley@...rosoft.com>
To:     Wei Liu <wei.liu@...nel.org>, Olaf Hering <olaf@...fle.de>
CC:     "linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org" <linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        KY Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>,
        Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>,
        Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@...rosoft.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v1] hv_balloon: disable warning when floor reached

From: Wei Liu <wei.liu@...nel.org>
> 
> On Tue, Oct 13, 2020 at 11:19:21AM +0200, Olaf Hering wrote:
> > Am Tue, 13 Oct 2020 09:17:17 +0000
> > schrieb Wei Liu <wei.liu@...nel.org>:
> >
> > > So ... this patch is not needed anymore?
> >
> > Why? A message is generated every 5 minutes. Unclear why this remained
> > unnoticed since at least v5.3. I have added debug to my distro kernel
> > to see what the involved variable values are. More info later today.
> 
> What I mean is you seem to have found a way to configure the system to
> get what you want it to do. It was unclear to me whether this patch is
> absolutely necessary from your last reply.
> 
> Some may consider the log informational (like you), some may think it
> warrants a warning (because not enough memory).  People also don't seem
> to be particularly bother by it since its introduction in 4.10.
> 
> I have no objection to applying this patch. I can pick it up if I don't
> hear objection in the next couple of days.
> 

I think we should take the patch.  We've had a complaint about the noisy
output from another source as well, so it was on my list of small things
to clean up.  Thanks for doing it Olaf.

I'll send a separate Reviewed-by:

Michael