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SubjectRe: [PATCH -next v1] x86/apic: Reduce print level of CPU limit announcement
On Wed, Mar 27, 2019 at 11:53:37AM +0200, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 27, 2019 at 02:49:02AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> > On Wed, 2019-03-27 at 11:38 +0200, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> > > On Wed, Mar 27, 2019 at 02:17:40AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> > > > On Wed, 2019-03-27 at 11:09 +0200, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> > > > > Kernel is booted with less possible CPUs (possible_cpus kernel boot
> > > > > option) than available CPUs will have prints like this:
> > > > []
> > > > > diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
> > > > []
> > > > > @@ -2305,9 +2305,9 @@ int generic_processor_info(int apicid, int version)
> > > > > if (num_processors >= nr_cpu_ids) {
> > > > > int thiscpu = max + disabled_cpus;
> > > > >
> > > > > - pr_warning("APIC: NR_CPUS/possible_cpus limit of %i "
> > > > > - "reached. Processor %d/0x%x ignored.\n",
> > > > > - max, thiscpu, apicid);
> > > > > + pr_debug(
> > > > > + "APIC: NR_CPUS/possible_cpus limit of %i reached. Processor %d/0x%x ignored.\n",
> > > > > + max, thiscpu, apicid);
> > > >
> > > > 2 lines please
> > > >
> > > > pr_debug("APIC: etc...",
> > > > max, thiscpu, ...);
> > >
> > > It was two lines before, but I changed for two reasons:
> > > * It helped me to grep the source code to find the origin of dmesg warning.
> > > * i got checkpatch warning about spitted string, can you please fix checkpatch do not complain?
> >
> > Yes, use
> >
> > pr_debug("APIC: NR_CPUS/possible_cpus limit of %i reached. Processor %d/0x%x ignored.\n",
> > max, thiscpu, apicid);
>
> Ahh, I see, I got such change from clang formatter.
>
> >
> > or better
> >
> > printk(KERN_DEBUG "APIC: NR_CPUS/possible_cpus limit of %i reached. Processor %d/0x%x ignored.\n",
> > max, thiscpu, apicid);
> >
> > > > And this would probably be better as
> > > >
> > > > printk(KERN_DEBUG "APIC: etc...",
> > > > ...)
> > > >
> > > > to avoid the need to compile with DEBUG or enable
> > > > with CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG
> > >
> > > You don't need anything like this, just provide dyndbg parameters
> > > through kernel command line.
> >
> > That assumes CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG is always enabled,
> > and it is not enabled in many .config files.
>
> No problem.

ok, I tested your variant and it still prints a t least on my systems,
so it won't solve my problem. I'll keep this patch as is.

Thanks for the review.

>
> Thanks
>
> >
> >


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