Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 20 Sep 2018 11:28:47 +0200 (CEST) | From | Thomas Gleixner <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] x86/mm: Add an option to change the padding used for the physical memory mapping |
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On Wed, 19 Sep 2018, Masayoshi Mizuma wrote: > On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 02:48:06PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > - Add checking code to the later SRAT case to at least _detect_ bad > > padding after the fact. > > > > We don't utilize RAM with bad padding until that, right? > > I have an idea as following. Does that make sense? > > Add a warning message which shows the padding size is not enough > for the physical memory mapping and tell to the user about > recommended padding size. User can change the padding size in next > reboot to add the boot parameter.
Yes, that makes sense because silently failing is bad.
Thanks,
tglx
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