From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Leon Romanovsky Subject: Re: [PATCH -next] x86/apic: Reduce print level of CPU limit announcement Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2019 17:32:35 +0200 Message-ID: <20190326153235.GH22899@mtr-leonro.mtl.com> References: <20190326120213.28633-1-leon@kernel.org> <20190326144137.GB22899@mtr-leonro.mtl.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="cYtjc4pxslFTELvY" Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org To: "Rafael J. Wysocki" Cc: Thomas Gleixner , Ingo Molnar , Borislav Petkov , x86 , "H. Peter Anvin" , linux-pm , LKML List-Id: linux-pm@vger.kernel.org --cYtjc4pxslFTELvY Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Tue, Mar 26, 2019 at 04:12:27PM +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > On Tue, Mar 26, 2019 at 3:41 PM Leon Romanovsky wrote: > > > > On Tue, Mar 26, 2019 at 01:29:54PM +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > > > On Tue, Mar 26, 2019 at 1:02 PM Leon Romanovsky wrote: > > > > > > > > From: Leon Romanovsky > > > > > > > > Kernel is booted with less possible CPUs (possible_cpus kernel boot > > > > option) than available CPUs will have prints like this: > > > > > > > > [ 1.131039] APIC: NR_CPUS/possible_cpus limit of 8 reached. Processor 55/0x1f ignored. > > > > [ 1.132228] ACPI: Unable to map lapic to logical cpu number > > > > > > > > Those warnings are printed for every not-enabled CPU and on the systems > > > > with large number of such CPUs, we see a lot of those prints for default > > > > print level. > > > > > > > > Simple conversion of those prints to be in debug level removes them > > > > while leaving the option to debug system. > > > > > > But generally dynamic debug must be enabled in order for pr_debug() > > > prints to be visible which is kind of cumbersome to do via the command > > > line. > > > > It is doable and documented pretty well, which is uncommon :) > > https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/dynamic-debug-howto.html#debug-messages-during-boot-process > > I know. > > That's what I mean by "kind of cumbersome", because you need to know > which debug messages to enable upfront. > > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Leon Romanovsky > > > > --- > > > > arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c | 2 +- > > > > arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c | 6 +++--- > > > > 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) > > > > > > > > diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c > > > > index 8dcbf6890714..3ef8ab89c02d 100644 > > > > --- a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c > > > > +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c > > > > @@ -770,7 +770,7 @@ int acpi_map_cpu(acpi_handle handle, phys_cpuid_t physid, u32 acpi_id, > > > > > > > > cpu = acpi_register_lapic(physid, acpi_id, ACPI_MADT_ENABLED); > > > > if (cpu < 0) { > > > > - pr_info(PREFIX "Unable to map lapic to logical cpu number\n"); > > > > + pr_debug(PREFIX "Unable to map lapic to logical cpu number\n"); > > > > > > And this one is printed sometimes when something really goes wrong > > > which may be really hard to debug otherwise, so there is value in the > > > info level here. > > > > > > Would it be possible to avoid printing it just in some cases? > > > > This can do the trick: > > > > diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c > > index 3ef8ab89c02d..00212b3991e0 100644 > > --- a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c > > +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c > > @@ -770,7 +770,10 @@ int acpi_map_cpu(acpi_handle handle, phys_cpuid_t physid, u32 acpi_id, > > > > cpu = acpi_register_lapic(physid, acpi_id, ACPI_MADT_ENABLED); > > if (cpu < 0) { > > - pr_debug(PREFIX "Unable to map lapic to logical cpu number\n"); > > + if (cpu == -ENOENT) > > + pr_debug(PREFIX "Unable to map lapic to logical cpu number\n"); > > I don't think it is necessary to print this in the -ENOENT case, as > there is a message for that case that will be printed anyway. Agree, how do you want me to progress? Should I resend patch? Thanks --cYtjc4pxslFTELvY Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJcmkYTAAoJEORje4g2clinbvIP/03hZF2YlaSIGnsLZP1fCy1h p9LF5oeHShh6x3gR5c9Cl3i+HEu475f5kqAj/HOF3NijXeZmmT0mTnOPSP2pw14I fuZ8EoVC0vhVb19jGmivw5bD0DlVXrfq88vExyEDmRtxqik+kzMIU33n34r0LqXQ zLWwkAyMnGXsywhdtqAYMNV0QDo9QCalLHBe0sHTd9HbPV2oiqB0z+wgwoCdmwKW jsEvU99cPNxFcoz+CIFu1t12cvZAb3znyck6tdsaS/IuzkKMW+0q34RgWdd2Au9h 07/ifPC5tRRS5TTNNeUC4MOqp4szQdU72TW7SBkMuu1JqfKJJKk8hZKirWZLfrYi 9SkqRDRrW8VpVuszHdbomW13XClABbX6itMOuHAinHkhwqihlPf0n1LmEpMaaffK sWGjn3/cY+c6xlhOvTgHbvYBF4EHJWTheL/1A08nRLWA/dxFA71NfL1X1au2Xu78 /Uz/dH9b14NcgfWEUQuTBmBrtPwwxa1hSNJT2sC796aaPYwl1qAoI6CIGARcwfyb htn27dWa7Vo4Qrw7uuWWGngrTv8YCpWzEZfGi16Q1oe5h4WvefBRnhFwHdvc8WyV L5TH1Y5MZ3I/sRMHodQRld031Wxs9bjNOv+Rb4pzxSW5QM3Aj5ciQeDLvjfVVWfP xnki36E7+w3KFD1dZh+L =+0N5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --cYtjc4pxslFTELvY--