Re: [PATCH 2/2] mm,memory_hotplug: print the min alignment in check_pfn_span

From: David Hildenbrand
Date: Wed Jun 02 2021 - 05:01:54 EST


On 02.06.21 10:47, Max Gurtovoy wrote:
The warning only prints the start and end pfns. Add min_align to the
warning print to add more info regarding the failure.

Signed-off-by: Max Gurtovoy <mgurtovoy@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/memory_hotplug.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
index 8c3b423c1141..9e86e9ee0a10 100644
--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -289,8 +289,8 @@ static int check_pfn_span(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages,
else
min_align = PAGES_PER_SECTION;
if (!IS_ALIGNED(pfn, min_align) || !IS_ALIGNED(nr_pages, min_align)) {
- WARN(1, "Misaligned __%s_pages start: %#lx end: %#lx\n",
- reason, pfn, pfn + nr_pages - 1);
+ WARN(1, "Misaligned __%s_pages min_align: %#lx start: %#lx end: %#lx\n",
+ reason, min_align, pfn, pfn + nr_pages - 1);
return -EINVAL;
}
return 0;


Not sure if we really care. I expect only developers will run into that hacking on something new, and they will have to dig deeper either way.

While at it, I'd suggest converting this to pr_warn(), as WARN() is frowned upon as it can crash the kernel with panic_on_warn as set by some distros.

Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>

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Thanks,

David / dhildenb