linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4] nubus: Don't list slot resources by default

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Date:   Mon, 15 May 2023 12:11:36 +0200
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Finn Thain <fthain@...ux-m68k.org>
Cc:     Brad Boyer <flar@...andria.com>, linux-m68k@...ts.linux-m68k.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] nubus: Don't list slot resources by default

Hi Finn,

On Mon, May 15, 2023 at 11:44 AM Geert Uytterhoeven
<geert@...ux-m68k.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 5, 2023 at 6:19 AM Finn Thain <fthain@...ux-m68k.org> wrote:
> > Some Nubus card ROMs contain many slot resources. A single Radius video
> > card produced well over a thousand entries under /proc/bus/nubus/.
> > Populating /proc/bus/nubus/ on a slow machine with several such cards
> > installed takes long enough that the user may think that the system is
> > wedged. All those procfs entries also consume significant RAM though
> > they are not normally needed (except by developers).
> > Omit these resources from /proc/bus/nubus/ by default and add a kernel
> > parameter to enable them when needed.
> > On the test machine, this saved 300 kB and 10 seconds.
> >
> > Cc: Brad Boyer <flar@...andria.com>
> > Tested-by: Stan Johnson <userm57@...oo.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Finn Thain <fthain@...ux-m68k.org>
> > ---
> > Changed since v3:
> >  - Better commentary.
> > Changed since v2:
> >  - Added commentary.
> >  - Moved declaration to nubus.h.
> > Changed since v1:
> >  - Expanded to cover all slot resources in procfs.
>
> Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
> i.e. will queue in the m68k for-v6.5 branch.

Upon second look, "populate_procfs" is too generic for a global
variable.  Please add a "nubus_"-prefix, and use module_param_named()
instead.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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