linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] vsprintf: dump full information of page flags in pGp

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Message-ID: <YBgmVDk5ECUiopCu@smile.fi.intel.com>
Date:   Mon, 1 Feb 2021 18:03:32 +0200
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Yafang Shao <laoar.shao@...il.com>
Cc:     David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>,
        Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
        Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@...wei.com>,
        Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>, penberg@...nel.org,
        David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>, iamjoonsoo.kim@....com,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>,
        Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>,
        Linux MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] vsprintf: dump full information of page flags in
 pGp

On Mon, Feb 01, 2021 at 09:52:53PM +0800, Yafang Shao wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 1, 2021 at 9:34 PM Andy Shevchenko
> <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
> > On Mon, Feb 01, 2021 at 02:23:33PM +0100, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> > > On 01.02.21 12:56, Yafang Shao wrote:

...

> > > Printing that in addition to the raw value could be helpful. Just some
> > > thoughts.
> >
> > printf() buffer is not a black hole, esp. when you get it messed with critical
> > messages (Oops). I suggest to reduce a burden as much as possible. If you wish
> > to get this, make it caller-configurable, i.e. adding another letter to the
> > specifier.
> >
> 
> I think David's suggestion will help us to identify issues.
> 
> You mean that we should use another one like "%pGpd" - means pGp debug
> - to implement it ?

Yes.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko