linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] mm: cma: support sysfs

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Date:   Wed, 3 Mar 2021 22:09:57 -0800
From:   Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        joaodias@...gle.com, willy@...radead.org, surenb@...gle.com,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] mm: cma: support sysfs

On Wed, 3 Mar 2021 17:38:12 -0800 Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org> wrote:

> > >  #endif
> > >  	char name[CMA_MAX_NAME];
> > > +#ifdef CONFIG_CMA_SYSFS
> > > +	struct cma_stat	*stat;
> > > +#endif
> > >  };
> > 
> > Why aren't the stat fields simply placed directly into struct cma_stat?
> 
> It have a related long discussion.
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/YCIoHBGELFWAyfMi@kroah.com/
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/YCLLKDEQ4NYqb5Y5@kroah.com/
> 
> TLDR - Greg really want to see kobject stuff working as dynamic
> property.

Please add to changelog?

> > 
> > ?
> > 
> > > +	if (!cma_stats) {
> > > +		pr_err("failed to create cma_stats\n");
> > 
> > Probably unneeded - the ENOMEM stack backtrace will point straight here.
> 
> I failed to find the point you mentioned to print backtrace.
> Where code do you mean to dump the backtrace?

The thing which __GFP_NOWARN disables.