On Thu 08-06-23 15:38:48, Haifeng Xu wrote: > > > On 2023/6/7 18:22, David Hildenbrand wrote: > > On 07.06.23 12:16, Michal Hocko wrote: > >> On Wed 07-06-23 09:07:34, Haifeng Xu wrote: > >>> If freesize is less than dma_reserve, print warning message to report > >>> this case. > >> > >> Why? > > > > I'd like to second that question, and add > > > > a) Did you run into that scenario? > > b) What can an admin do in that case with that error messages? > > In theory,dma_reserve shouldn't exceed freesize, so the error messages can remind us > to verify whether the configuration of reserved memory is correct. I am not really convinced this is worth touching the code TBH. -- Michal Hocko SUSE Labs