[PATCH] powerpc: convert 'iommu_alloc failed' messages to dynamic debug

Mauricio Faria de Oliveira mauricfo at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Mon Jun 13 23:27:58 AEST 2016


Hi Ben,

On 06/11/2016 08:02 PM, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> I'm not fan of this. This is a very useful message to diagnose why,
> for example, your network adapter is not working properly.
>
> A lot of drivers don't deal well with IOMMU errors.
>
> The fact that NVME trigger these is a problem that needs to be solved
> differently.

Ok, I understand your points.

Thanks for the review -- helps in setting another direction.

Kind regards,

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Mauricio Faria de Oliveira
IBM Linux Technology Center



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