* Re: [PATCH] mm/cma: remove stray newline from auto-generated CMA area name
2026-08-10 9:32 [PATCH] mm/cma: remove stray newline from auto-generated CMA area name Hongfu Li
@ 2026-08-10 9:38 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-08-10 11:24 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-08-11 0:14 ` SJ Park
2 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: David Hildenbrand (Arm) @ 2026-08-10 9:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Hongfu Li, akpm, ljs, liam, vbabka, rppt, surenb, mhocko
Cc: linux-mm, linux-kernel, Hongfu Li
On 8/10/26 11:32, Hongfu Li wrote:
> From: Hongfu Li <lihongfu@kylinos.cn>
>
> When no name is supplied, cma_new_area() generates names with format
> "cma%d\n", introducing an unintended newline character ('\n') in the
> CMA name.
>
> Most CMA regions are created with explicit names, so this path is
> seldom hit. The newline only creates cosmetic noise in debug logs,
> traces and debugfs with no functional impact.
>
> Signed-off-by: Hongfu Li <lihongfu@kylinos.cn>
> ---
> mm/cma.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/cma.c b/mm/cma.c
> index a7929c758df1..a10ea37a261d 100644
> --- a/mm/cma.c
> +++ b/mm/cma.c
> @@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ static int __init cma_new_area(const char *name, phys_addr_t size,
> if (name)
> strscpy(cma->name, name);
> else
> - snprintf(cma->name, CMA_MAX_NAME, "cma%d\n", cma_area_count);
> + snprintf(cma->name, CMA_MAX_NAME, "cma%d", cma_area_count);
>
> cma->available_count = cma->count = size >> PAGE_SHIFT;
> cma->order_per_bit = order_per_bit;
Acked-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david@kernel.org>
--
Cheers,
David
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2026-08-10 9:32 [PATCH] mm/cma: remove stray newline from auto-generated CMA area name Hongfu Li
2026-08-10 9:38 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
@ 2026-08-10 11:24 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-08-11 0:14 ` SJ Park
2 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) @ 2026-08-10 11:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Hongfu Li
Cc: akpm, david, liam, vbabka, rppt, surenb, mhocko, linux-mm,
linux-kernel, Hongfu Li
On Mon, Aug 10, 2026 at 05:32:15PM +0800, Hongfu Li wrote:
> From: Hongfu Li <lihongfu@kylinos.cn>
>
> When no name is supplied, cma_new_area() generates names with format
> "cma%d\n", introducing an unintended newline character ('\n') in the
> CMA name.
>
> Most CMA regions are created with explicit names, so this path is
> seldom hit. The newline only creates cosmetic noise in debug logs,
> traces and debugfs with no functional impact.
>
> Signed-off-by: Hongfu Li <lihongfu@kylinos.cn>
LGTM so:
Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <ljs@kernel.org>
> ---
> mm/cma.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/cma.c b/mm/cma.c
> index a7929c758df1..a10ea37a261d 100644
> --- a/mm/cma.c
> +++ b/mm/cma.c
> @@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ static int __init cma_new_area(const char *name, phys_addr_t size,
> if (name)
> strscpy(cma->name, name);
> else
> - snprintf(cma->name, CMA_MAX_NAME, "cma%d\n", cma_area_count);
> + snprintf(cma->name, CMA_MAX_NAME, "cma%d", cma_area_count);
Ha :) I think somebody typo'd this on muscle memory gained from printk :)
>
> cma->available_count = cma->count = size >> PAGE_SHIFT;
> cma->order_per_bit = order_per_bit;
> --
> 2.54.0
>
--
Cheers, Lorenzo
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2026-08-10 9:32 [PATCH] mm/cma: remove stray newline from auto-generated CMA area name Hongfu Li
2026-08-10 9:38 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-08-10 11:24 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
@ 2026-08-11 0:14 ` SJ Park
2 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: SJ Park @ 2026-08-11 0:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Hongfu Li
Cc: SJ Park, akpm, david, ljs, liam, vbabka, rppt, surenb, mhocko,
linux-mm, linux-kernel, Hongfu Li
On Mon, 10 Aug 2026 17:32:15 +0800 Hongfu Li <hongfu.li@linux.dev> wrote:
> From: Hongfu Li <lihongfu@kylinos.cn>
>
> When no name is supplied, cma_new_area() generates names with format
> "cma%d\n", introducing an unintended newline character ('\n') in the
> CMA name.
Nice catch!
>
> Most CMA regions are created with explicit names, so this path is
> seldom hit. The newline only creates cosmetic noise in debug logs,
> traces and debugfs with no functional impact.
>
> Signed-off-by: Hongfu Li <lihongfu@kylinos.cn>
Reviewed-by: SJ Park <sj@kernel.org>
> ---
> mm/cma.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/cma.c b/mm/cma.c
> index a7929c758df1..a10ea37a261d 100644
> --- a/mm/cma.c
> +++ b/mm/cma.c
> @@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ static int __init cma_new_area(const char *name, phys_addr_t size,
> if (name)
> strscpy(cma->name, name);
> else
> - snprintf(cma->name, CMA_MAX_NAME, "cma%d\n", cma_area_count);
> + snprintf(cma->name, CMA_MAX_NAME, "cma%d", cma_area_count);
It also removes one unnecessary space! Nice!
Thanks,
SJ
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