[PATCH v2] powerpc/mm/nvdimm: Add an informative message if we fail to allocate altmap block
Michael Ellerman
patch-notifications at ellerman.id.au
Mon Jul 8 11:19:44 AEST 2019
On Mon, 2019-07-01 at 14:33:38 UTC, "Aneesh Kumar K.V" wrote:
> Allocation from altmap area can fail based on vmemmap page size used. Add kernel
> info message to indicate the failure. That allows the user to identify whether they
> are really using persistent memory reserved space for per-page metadata.
>
> The message looks like:
> [ 136.587212] altmap block allocation failed, falling back to system memory
>
> Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar at linux.ibm.com>
> Reviewed-by: Oliver O'Halloran <oohall at gmail.com>
Applied to powerpc next, thanks.
https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/c0b1b23b9c87569d5f90d06e86f26b31b544fa1e
cheers
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