linux-kernel - Re: [EXT] Re: [PATCH] Supports to use the default CMA when the device-specified CMA memory is not enough.

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Message-ID: <2024061215-strum-quarry-c574@gregkh>
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2024 09:47:46 +0200
From: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Zhai He <zhai.he@....com>
Cc: "akpm@...ux-foundation.org" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"sboyd@...nel.org" <sboyd@...nel.org>,
	"linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"stable@...r.kernel.org" <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
	Zhipeng Wang <zhipeng.wang_1@....com>,
	Jindong Yue <jindong.yue@....com>
Subject: Re: [EXT] Re: [PATCH] Supports to use the default CMA when the
 device-specified CMA memory is not enough.

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On Wed, Jun 12, 2024 at 07:34:56AM +0000, Zhai He wrote:
> Thanks Greg for your review.
> The reason I changed the error level is because these logs will be printed
> when memory allocation from the specified device CMA fails, but if the
> allocation fails, it will be allocated from the default cma area. It can
> easily mislead developers' judgment, so I changed it to debug level.

Then you need to explain this in the changelog text :(

thanks,

greg k-h