Re: [PATCH -next] mm: memcg: adjust the warning when seq_buf overflows

[Michal Hocko]

On Fri 28-06-24 16:09:02, xiujianfeng wrote:
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> On 2024/6/28 15:45, Michal Hocko wrote:
> > On Fri 28-06-24 07:23:33, Xiu Jianfeng wrote:
> >> Currently it uses WARN_ON_ONCE() if seq_buf overflows when user reads
> >> memory.stat, the only advantage of WARN_ON_ONCE is that the splat is
> >> so verbose that it gets noticed. And also it panics the system if
> >> panic_on_warn is enabled. It seems like the warning is just an over
> >> reaction and a simple pr_warn should just achieve the similar effect.
> >>
> >> Suggested-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>
> >> Signed-off-by: Xiu Jianfeng <xiujianfeng@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > I would just squash this with other patch removing it from
> > memcg_stat_format. But this is up to you.
> 
> Sorry, I might have misunderstood, if you can squash them, it looks good
> to me, thanks.

Andrew usually can do that even when the patch is in his tree. But as
I've said having 2 patches is ok as well.
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Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs