Re: [PATCH resend] intel_rapl: downgrade message if no RAPL domains found in a VM

From: Paolo Bonzini
Date: Thu Jul 21 2016 - 10:59:08 EST




----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Paolo Bonzini" <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Thomas Renninger" <trenn@xxxxxxx>, "Peter Zijlstra" <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> linux-pm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Jacob Pan" <jacob.jun.pan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Andy Lutomirski" <luto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2016 3:19:28 PM
> Subject: Re: [PATCH resend] intel_rapl: downgrade message if no RAPL domains found in a VM
>
> On Tuesday, July 19, 2016 01:49:57 PM Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> > People complain about the driver saying there's no valid RAPL domains
> > in a VM, and doing so at KERN_ERR severity. Downgrade this to KERN_INFO
> > if running on a hypervisor, since it is basically stating the obvious.
> >
> > Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Jacob Pan <jacob.jun.pan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > First sent out about a year ago. :)
> >
> > drivers/powercap/intel_rapl.c | 4 +++-
> > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/powercap/intel_rapl.c b/drivers/powercap/intel_rapl.c
> > index b2766b867b0e..0a0b09910116 100644
> > --- a/drivers/powercap/intel_rapl.c
> > +++ b/drivers/powercap/intel_rapl.c
> > @@ -1392,7 +1392,9 @@ static int rapl_detect_domains(struct rapl_package
> > *rp, int cpu)
> > }
> > rp->nr_domains = bitmap_weight(&rp->domain_map, RAPL_DOMAIN_MAX);
> > if (!rp->nr_domains) {
> > - pr_err("no valid rapl domains found in package %d\n", rp->id);
> > + printk("%sNo valid RAPL domains found in package %d\n",
> > + boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_HYPERVISOR) ? KERN_INFO : KERN_ERR,
> > + rp->id);
>
> But we print that message with pr_debug() now (as in linux-next).
>
> Do you still want to do anything about that?

Oops, then I guess what is in linux-next is okay.

Thanks,

Paolo