Re: [PATCH v4 1/3] printk: Fix LOG_CPU_MAX_BUF_SHIFT when BASE_SMALL is enabled

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On Tue 2024-02-06 01:13:31, Yoann Congal wrote:
> LOG_CPU_MAX_BUF_SHIFT default value depends on BASE_SMALL:
>   config LOG_CPU_MAX_BUF_SHIFT
>   	default 12 if !BASE_SMALL
>   	default 0 if BASE_SMALL
> But, BASE_SMALL is a config of type int and "!BASE_SMALL" is always
> evaluated to true whatever is the value of BASE_SMALL.
> 
> This patch fixes this by using the correct conditional operator for int
> type : BASE_SMALL != 0.
> 
> Note: This changes CONFIG_LOG_CPU_MAX_BUF_SHIFT=12 to
> CONFIG_LOG_CPU_MAX_BUF_SHIFT=0 for BASE_SMALL defconfigs, but that will
> not be a big impact due to this code in kernel/printk/printk.c:
>   /* by default this will only continue through for large > 64 CPUs */
>   if (cpu_extra <= __LOG_BUF_LEN / 2)
>           return;
> Systems using CONFIG_BASE_SMALL and having 64+ CPUs should be quite
> rare.
> 
> John Ogness <john.ogness@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> (printk reviewer) wrote:
> > For printk this will mean that BASE_SMALL systems were probably
> > previously allocating/using the dynamic ringbuffer and now they will
> > just continue to use the static ringbuffer. Which is fine and saves
> > memory (as it should).
> 
> Petr Mladek <pmladek@xxxxxxxx> (printk maintainer) wrote:
> > More precisely, it allocated the buffer dynamically when the sum
> > of per-CPU-extra space exceeded half of the default static ring
> > buffer. This happened for systems with more than 64 CPUs with
> > the default config values.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Yoann Congal <yoann.congal@xxxxxxxx>
> Reported-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAMuHMdWm6u1wX7efZQf=2XUAHascps76YQac6rdnQGhc8nop_Q@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> Reported-by: Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/f6856be8-54b7-0fa0-1d17-39632bf29ada@xxxxxxxxxx/
> Fixes: 4e244c10eab3 ("kconfig: remove unneeded symbol_empty variable")

Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@xxxxxxxx>

Best Regards,
Petr




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