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

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Message-ID: <20201019134209.fgjlip52k5xayr2w@liuwe-devbox-debian-v2>
Date:   Mon, 19 Oct 2020 13:42:09 +0000
From:   Wei Liu <wei.liu@...nel.org>
To:     Michael Kelley <mikelley@...rosoft.com>
Cc:     Olaf Hering <olaf@...fle.de>,
        "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>,
        Wei Liu <wei.liu@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] hv_balloon: disable warning when floor reached

On Mon, Oct 19, 2020 at 03:02:22AM +0000, Michael Kelley wrote:
> From: Olaf Hering <olaf@...fle.de> Sent: Thursday, October 8, 2020 12:12 AM
> > 
> > It is not an error if a the host requests to balloon down, but the VM
> 
> Spurious word "a"
> 
> > refuses to do so. Without this change a warning is logged in dmesg
> > every five minutes.
> > 
> > Fixes commit b3bb97b8a49f3
> 
> This "Fixes" line isn't formatted correctly.  Should be:
> 
> Fixes:  b3bb97b8a49f3 ("Drivers: hv: balloon: Add logging for dynamic memory operations")
> 
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Olaf Hering <olaf@...fle.de>
> > ---
> >  drivers/hv/hv_balloon.c | 2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/hv/hv_balloon.c b/drivers/hv/hv_balloon.c
> > index 32e3bc0aa665..0f50295d0214 100644
> > --- a/drivers/hv/hv_balloon.c
> > +++ b/drivers/hv/hv_balloon.c
> > @@ -1275,7 +1275,7 @@ static void balloon_up(struct work_struct *dummy)
> > 
> >  	/* Refuse to balloon below the floor. */
> >  	if (avail_pages < num_pages || avail_pages - num_pages < floor) {
> > -		pr_warn("Balloon request will be partially fulfilled. %s\n",
> > +		pr_info("Balloon request will be partially fulfilled. %s\n",
> >  			avail_pages < num_pages ? "Not enough memory." :
> >  			"Balloon floor reached.");
> > 
> 
> Above nits notwithstanding,
> 
> Reviewed-by: Michael Kelley <mikelley@...rosoft.com>

Thanks. I see one for and no against so far.

I've applied this patch to hyperv-fixes. I also fixed those nits
while at it.

Wei.