Re: [PATCH V4] mm: Add sysfs interface to dump each node's zonelist information

From	Anshuman Khandual <khandual@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH V4] mm: Add sysfs interface to dump each node's zonelist information
Date	2016-09-12 07:30 +0200
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On 09/09/2016 01:54 AM, Dave Hansen wrote:
> On 09/07/2016 07:46 PM, Anshuman Khandual wrote:
>> > after memory or node hot[un]plug is desirable. This change adds one
>> > new sysfs interface (/sys/devices/system/memory/system_zone_details)
>> > which will fetch and dump this information.
> Doesn't this violate the "one value per file" sysfs rule?  Does it
> belong in debugfs instead?

Yeah sure. Will make it a debugfs interface.

> 
> I also really question the need to dump kernel addresses out, filtered
> or not.  What's the point?

Hmm, thought it to be an additional information. But yes its additional
and can be dropped.

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Re: [PATCH V4] mm: Add sysfs interface to dump each node's zonelist  information Anshuman Khandual <khandual@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-09-12 07:30 +0200
  Re: [PATCH V4] mm: Add sysfs interface to dump each node's zonelist  information David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> - 2016-09-12 20:20 +0200
    Re: [PATCH V4] mm: Add sysfs interface to dump each node's zonelist  information Anshuman Khandual <khandual@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-09-17 06:30 +0200
      Re: [PATCH V4] mm: Add sysfs interface to dump each node's zonelist  information David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> - 2016-09-20 03:00 +0200

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