From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-9.0 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,MENTIONS_GIT_HOSTING,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE8F1C0650E for ; Mon, 8 Jul 2019 02:07:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lists.ozlabs.org (lists.ozlabs.org [203.11.71.2]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9981420665 for ; Mon, 8 Jul 2019 02:07:57 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 9981420665 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=ellerman.id.au Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=linuxppc-dev-bounces+linuxppc-dev=archiver.kernel.org@lists.ozlabs.org Received: from lists.ozlabs.org (lists.ozlabs.org [IPv6:2401:3900:2:1::3]) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 45hpkg3NYnzDqGF for ; Mon, 8 Jul 2019 12:07:55 +1000 (AEST) Received: from ozlabs.org (bilbo.ozlabs.org [IPv6:2401:3900:2:1::2]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 45hng65kX2zDqQN for ; Mon, 8 Jul 2019 11:19:46 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: lists.ozlabs.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=ellerman.id.au Received: by ozlabs.org (Postfix, from userid 1034) id 45hng44xwMz9sP7; Mon, 8 Jul 2019 11:19:44 +1000 (AEST) X-powerpc-patch-notification: thanks X-powerpc-patch-commit: c0b1b23b9c87569d5f90d06e86f26b31b544fa1e In-Reply-To: <20190701143338.16824-1-aneesh.kumar@linux.ibm.com> To: "Aneesh Kumar K.V" , npiggin@gmail.com, paulus@samba.org From: Michael Ellerman Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] powerpc/mm/nvdimm: Add an informative message if we fail to allocate altmap block Message-Id: <45hng44xwMz9sP7@ozlabs.org> Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2019 11:19:44 +1000 (AEST) X-BeenThere: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, Oliver O'Halloran , "Aneesh Kumar K.V" Errors-To: linuxppc-dev-bounces+linuxppc-dev=archiver.kernel.org@lists.ozlabs.org Sender: "Linuxppc-dev" On Mon, 2019-07-01 at 14:33:38 UTC, "Aneesh Kumar K.V" wrote: > Allocation from altmap area can fail based on vmemmap page size used. Add kernel > info message to indicate the failure. That allows the user to identify whether they > are really using persistent memory reserved space for per-page metadata. > > The message looks like: > [ 136.587212] altmap block allocation failed, falling back to system memory > > Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V > Reviewed-by: Oliver O'Halloran Applied to powerpc next, thanks. https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/c0b1b23b9c87569d5f90d06e86f26b31b544fa1e cheers