Re: [PATCH v7] mm/memblock: Add memblock_alloc_or_panic interface

[Weikang Guo]

Mike Rapoport <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote on Monday 23 December 2024 at 15:12
>
> On Sun, Dec 22, 2024 at 07:15:37PM +0800, Guo Weikang wrote:
> > Before SLUB initialization, various subsystems used memblock_alloc to
> > allocate memory. In most cases, when memory allocation fails, an immediate
> > panic is required. To simplify this behavior and reduce repetitive checks,
> > introduce `memblock_alloc_or_panic`. This function ensures that memory
> > allocation failures result in a panic automatically, improving code
> > readability and consistency across subsystems that require this behavior.
> >
> > Changelog:
> > ----------
> > v1: initial version
> > v2: add __memblock_alloc_or_panic support panic output caller
> > v3: panic output phys_addr_t use printk's %pap
> > v4: make __memblock_alloc_or_panic out-of-line, move to memblock.c
> > v6: Fix CI compile error
> > Links to CI: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202412221000.r1NzXJUO-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/
> > v6: Fix CI compile warinigs
> > Links to CI: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202412221259.JuGNAUCq-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/
> > v7: add chagelog and adjust function declaration alignment format
> > ----------
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Guo Weikang <guoweikang.kernel@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Reviewed-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Acked-by: Xi Ruoyao <xry111@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> If people commented on your patch it does not mean you should add
> Reviewed-by or Acked-by tags for them. Wait for explicit tags from the
> reviewers.

First of all, thank you for your reminder and patience. In fact, this
is the first time I received a patch discussion when submitting a
patch.
About Reviewed-by or Acked-by tags, I will not add it myself in the
future. Regarding this patch, do I need to provide a new patch to
update it? Or will you modify it?  Looking forward to your reply

>
> And don't respin that often, "Reviewers are busy people and may not get to
> your patch right away" [1].
>

OK, I will be more patient and update after confirming that there are
no more comments.

> [1] https://docs.kernel.org/process/submitting-patches.html
>
>
> --
> Sincerely yours,
> Mike.


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Best regards,
Guo