+ x86-xen-print-a-warning-when-hvmop_get_mem_type-fails.patch added to -mm tree

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The patch titled
     Subject: x86/xen: print a warning when HVMOP_get_mem_type fails
has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
     x86-xen-print-a-warning-when-hvmop_get_mem_type-fails.patch

This patch should soon appear at
    https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/x86-xen-print-a-warning-when-hvmop_get_mem_type-fails.patch
and later at
    https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/x86-xen-print-a-warning-when-hvmop_get_mem_type-fails.patch

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From: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: x86/xen: print a warning when HVMOP_get_mem_type fails

HVMOP_get_mem_type is not expected to fail, "This call failing is
indication of something going quite wrong and it would be good to know
about this." [1]

Let's add a pr_warn_once().

[1] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/3b935aa0-6d85-0bcd-100e-15098add3c4c@xxxxxxxxxx

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20211005121430.30136-4-david@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
Suggested-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Baoquan He <bhe@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrvsky@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dave Young <dyoung@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jason Wang <jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@xxxxxxx>
Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

 arch/x86/xen/mmu_hvm.c |    4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/arch/x86/xen/mmu_hvm.c~x86-xen-print-a-warning-when-hvmop_get_mem_type-fails
+++ a/arch/x86/xen/mmu_hvm.c
@@ -22,8 +22,10 @@ static int xen_oldmem_pfn_is_ram(unsigne
 		.pfn = pfn,
 	};
 
-	if (HYPERVISOR_hvm_op(HVMOP_get_mem_type, &a))
+	if (HYPERVISOR_hvm_op(HVMOP_get_mem_type, &a)) {
+		pr_warn_once("Unexpected HVMOP_get_mem_type failure\n");
 		return -ENXIO;
+	}
 	return a.mem_type != HVMMEM_mmio_dm;
 }
 #endif
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from david@xxxxxxxxxx are

memory-hotplugrst-fix-two-instances-of-movablecore-that-should-be-movable_node.patch
memory-hotplugrst-fix-wrong-sys-module-memory_hotplug-parameters-path.patch
memory-hotplugrst-document-the-auto-movable-online-policy.patch
mm-memory_hotplug-remove-config_x86_64_acpi_numa-dependency-from-config_memory_hotplug.patch
mm-memory_hotplug-remove-config_memory_hotplug_sparse.patch
mm-memory_hotplug-restrict-config_memory_hotplug-to-64-bit.patch
mm-memory_hotplug-remove-highmem-leftovers.patch
mm-memory_hotplug-remove-stale-function-declarations.patch
x86-remove-memory-hotplug-support-on-x86_32.patch
x86-xen-update-xen_oldmem_pfn_is_ram-documentation.patch
x86-xen-simplify-xen_oldmem_pfn_is_ram.patch
x86-xen-print-a-warning-when-hvmop_get_mem_type-fails.patch
proc-vmcore-let-pfn_is_ram-return-a-bool.patch
proc-vmcore-convert-oldmem_pfn_is_ram-callback-to-more-generic-vmcore-callbacks.patch
virtio-mem-factor-out-hotplug-specifics-from-virtio_mem_init-into-virtio_mem_init_hotplug.patch
virtio-mem-factor-out-hotplug-specifics-from-virtio_mem_probe-into-virtio_mem_init_hotplug.patch
virtio-mem-factor-out-hotplug-specifics-from-virtio_mem_remove-into-virtio_mem_deinit_hotplug.patch
virtio-mem-kdump-mode-to-sanitize-proc-vmcore-access.patch
kernel-resource-clean-up-and-optimize-iomem_is_exclusive.patch
kernel-resource-disallow-access-to-exclusive-system-ram-regions.patch
virtio-mem-disallow-mapping-virtio-mem-memory-via-dev-mem.patch




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