[PATCH] Display progress during getmemsize() so the kernel doesn't look like it hanged
Eric van Gyzen
eric at vangyzen.net
Tue Jan 13 15:48:25 UTC 2015
On 01/13/2015 04:11, Lars Engels wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 12:27:18AM -0500, Allan Jude wrote:
>> Is this feature still useful with memtest.tests=0?
> This feature is useful for everyone who has it set to 1, if they know
> about it or not. So it's a very useful feature.
Agreed.
Comments on the patch:
The patch will divide by zero when PAGE_SIZE > 1 MiB. Maybe remove
PAGES_PER_MB, and just use PAGES_PER_GB. Make it const, too.
The "total" line is mostly redundant with the later messages regarding
"real memory" and "avail memory". I suggest removing it.
Eric
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