Re: [PATCH] mm/mm_init.c: add debug messsge for dma zone

[Michal Hocko]

On Thu 08-06-23 15:38:48, Haifeng Xu wrote:
> 
> 
> On 2023/6/7 18:22, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> > On 07.06.23 12:16, Michal Hocko wrote:
> >> On Wed 07-06-23 09:07:34, Haifeng Xu wrote:
> >>> If freesize is less than dma_reserve, print warning message to report
> >>> this case.
> >>
> >> Why?
> > 
> > I'd like to second that question, and add
> > 
> > a) Did you run into that scenario?
> > b) What can an admin do in that case with that error messages?
> 
> In theory，dma_reserve shouldn't exceed freesize, so the error messages can remind us
> to verify whether the configuration of reserved memory is correct.

I am not really convinced this is worth touching the code TBH.

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Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs