Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > On 1/25/19 1:18 PM, Bjorn Helgaas wrote: >> On Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 5:21 PM Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> diff -puN kernel/resource.c~move-request_region-check kernel/resource.c >>> --- a/kernel/resource.c~move-request_region-check 2019-01-24 15:13:14.453199539 -0800 >>> +++ b/kernel/resource.c 2019-01-24 15:13:14.458199539 -0800 >>> @@ -1123,6 +1123,16 @@ struct resource * __request_region(struc >>> conflict = __request_resource(parent, res); >>> if (!conflict) >>> break; >>> + /* >>> + * mm/hmm.c reserves physical addresses which then >>> + * become unavailable to other users. Conflicts are >>> + * not expected. Be verbose if one is encountered. >>> + */ >>> + if (conflict->desc == IORES_DESC_DEVICE_PRIVATE_MEMORY) { >>> + pr_debug("Resource conflict with unaddressable " >>> + "device memory at %#010llx !\n", >>> + (unsigned long long)start); >> >> I don't object to the change, but are you really OK with this being a >> pr_debug() message that is only emitted when enabled via either the >> dynamic debug mechanism or DEBUG being defined? From the comments, it >> seems more like a KERN_INFO sort of message. > > I left it consistent with the original message that was in the code. > I'm happy to change it, though, if the consumers of it (Jerome, > basically) want something different. At least using pr_debug() doesn't match the comment, ie. the comment says "Be verbose" but pr_debug() is silent by default. cheers