Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 20 Sep 2018 12:28:36 -0400 | From | Masayoshi Mizuma <> | 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 Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 11:28:47AM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > 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. I will try to add it.
- Masa
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