Re: [PATCH] 9pfs: log warning if msize <= 8192

["Daniel P. Berrangé" <berrange@redhat.com>]

On Wed, Sep 02, 2020 at 04:08:48PM +0200, Christian Schoenebeck wrote:
> On Mittwoch, 2. September 2020 15:45:03 CEST Daniel P. Berrangé wrote:
> > To be clear, I'm not objecting to warning - just that the proposed warning
> > doesn't give any useful information about what is considered to be a
> > sensible alternative size, and nor does the commit message.
> > 
> > Just like to see the commit message provide the background info above,
> > and ideally have the warning message at least give the user a suggestion
> > that is in the sensible order of magnitude they should be looking at.
> > 
> > eg tell them to aim for 1 MB (or whatever value) as a starting point to
> > tuning.
> 
> Yeah, I know, but the problem is I don't see how I would squeeze the relevant 
> information into only one log message; and even "what's a good starting point" 
> is already questionable.
> 
> For that reason my plan was:
> 
> 	- logging this warning
> 
> 	- describing the 'msize' issue in detail on the QEMU wiki (what's the 
> 	  point, how would you benchmark it)
> 
> So my idea was: user sees the message, "what is 'msize?'" -> Google "msize 
> qemu" -> click 'QEMU wiki' -> read all the details.
> 
> But how about this: I put a QEMU wiki link directly into the log message?

Rather than that, how about putting it in the QEMU man page, and then
just add  "See 'man 1 qemu' for further guidance".


Regards,
Daniel
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