linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] DAX: warn when kmem regions are truncated for memory block alignment.

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Message-ID: <Z-wFm_zwDZy6jvVz@gourry-fedora-PF4VCD3F>
Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2025 11:26:19 -0400
From: Gregory Price <gourry@...rry.net>
To: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
Cc: dan.j.williams@...el.com, nvdimm@...ts.linux.dev,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-team@...a.com,
	vishal.l.verma@...el.com, dave.jiang@...el.com,
	linux-cxl@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] DAX: warn when kmem regions are truncated for memory
 block alignment.

On Tue, Apr 01, 2025 at 05:19:28PM +0200, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> 
> Yes, it's valuable I think. But should it be a warning or rather an info?
> 

dev_warn, but yeah I think so?  A user expects to get their memory in
full, that means we're slightly misbehaving.  I'm fine with either.

~Gregory