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

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Message-ID: <e818ddda-180d-4136-9dbb-f9af278db1e9@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2025 17:29:09 +0200
From: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
To: Gregory Price <gourry@...rry.net>
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 01.04.25 17:26, Gregory Price wrote:
> 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.

Fine with me :)

-- 
Cheers,

David / dhildenb