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SubjectRe: [PATCH v3] vmalloc: Add the right hint when vmalloc failed
On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 03:49:56PM +0200, Uladzislau Rezki wrote:
> > On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 08:17:52PM +0800, Tian Tao wrote:
> > > In fact "vmalloc=<size>" cmdline option is not available on many
> > > platforms.When the user encounters this error, add the correct
> > > hint to prevent misleading.
> >
> > i don't think this is an improvement.
> >
> Matthew, maybe it should not be considered as improvements?

Every patch should be an improvement along some dimension. This doesn't
feel like an improvement in any way.

> It is rather an extra information that indicates that your
> ARCH may not support "vmalloc" early parameter.

If anything needs to be improved, it's the documentation, not this
error message.

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