linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] hugetlb: Fix hugepages

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Date:   Tue, 29 Mar 2022 11:59:38 +0800
From:   "liupeng (DM)" <liupeng256@...wei.com>
To:     Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@...cle.com>,
        <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, <yaozhenguo1@...il.com>,
        <linux-mm@...ck.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <rdunlap@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] hugetlb: Fix hugepages_setup when deal with pernode


On 2022/3/29 10:46, Mike Kravetz wrote:
> Yes, I agree that the change is needed and the current behavior is
> unacceptable.
>
> One remaining question is the change from returning '0' to '1' in the case
> of error.  I do understand this is to prevent the invalid parameter string
> from being passed to init.  It may not be correct/right, but in every other
> case where an invalid parameter in encountered in hugetlb command line
> processing we return "0".  Should we perhaps change all these other places
> to be consistent?  I honestly do not know what is the appropriate behavior
> in these situations.

Thank you for your carefulness and question.

I have checked default_hugepagesz_setup and hugepages_setup will both print
some information before return '0', so there is no need to print again in
"Unknown kernel command line parameters".

Should I send another patch to repair the rest "return 0" in hugetlb?

Some other tests for current linux-master:

cmdline:
hugepagesz=1G hugepages=1 hugepagesz=1G hugepages=2
dmesg:
HugeTLB: hugepagesz=1G specified twice, ignoring
Unknown kernel command line parameters " hugepagesz=1G hugepages=2"

cmdline:
hugepagesz=1Y hugepages=1
dmesg:
HugeTLB: unsupported hugepagesz=1Y
HugeTLB: hugepages=1 does not follow a valid hugepagesz, ignoring
Unknown kernel command line parameters "hugepagesz=1Y hugepages=1"

--
Peng Liu
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