linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] x86/PCI: Tidy E820 removal messages

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Date:   Fri, 9 Dec 2022 23:33:04 +0200
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...el.com>
To:     Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-pci@...r.kernel.org, Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>,
        Florent DELAHAYE <kernelorg@...ead.fr>,
        Konrad J Hambrick <kjhambrick@...il.com>,
        Matt Hansen <2lprbe78@...k.com>,
        Benoit Grégoire <benoitg@...us.ca>,
        Nicholas Johnson <nicholas.johnson-opensource@...look.com.au>,
        Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>,
        Werner Sembach <wse@...edocomputers.com>,
        mumblingdrunkard@...tonmail.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] x86/PCI: Tidy E820 removal messages

On Fri, Dec 09, 2022 at 02:34:28PM -0600, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 09, 2022 at 08:42:06PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > On Thu, Dec 08, 2022 at 01:03:40PM -0600, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:

...

> > > +			if (avail->end > avail->start)
> > > +				pr_info("resource: remaining [mem %#010llx-%#010llx] available\n",
> > > +					(unsigned long long) avail->start,
> > > +					(unsigned long long) avail->end);
> > 
> > Is there any point why we do not use %pa for resource_size_t parameters?
> 
> Only my ignorance :)  Thanks for pointing that out; I changed it to
> this and added a comment about why:

> +			pr_info("resource: avoiding allocation from e820 entry [mem %#010Lx-%#010Lx]\n",
> +				e820_start, e820_end);
> +			if (avail->end > avail->start)
> +				/*
> +				 * Use %pa instead of %pR because "avail"
> +				 * is typically IORESOURCE_UNSET, so %pR
> +				 * shows the size instead of addresses.
> +				 */
> +				pr_info("resource: remaining [mem %pa-%pa] available\n",
> +					&avail->start, &avail->end);

LGTM, thanks!

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko