[PATCH v2] vmalloc: Removing incorrect logs when vmalloc failed

[PATCH v2] vmalloc: Removing incorrect logs when vmalloc failed

[Tian Tao]

It is not possible to increase size with vmalloc=<size> in arm64
architecture and it will mislead.however vmalloc return failure
is a rare occurrence in 'many architectures including arm64'.

Signed-off-by: Tian Tao <tiantao6@hisilicon.com>

v2:
Add appropriate hints and let users decide if they can increase
the size of the vmalloc by vmalloc=<size> depending on their platform
---
 mm/vmalloc.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
index 89e83d3..c6ae7e6 100644
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -1238,8 +1238,8 @@ static struct vmap_area *alloc_vmap_area(unsigned long size,
 	}
 
 	if (!(gfp_mask & __GFP_NOWARN) && printk_ratelimit())
-		pr_warn("vmap allocation for size %lu failed: use vmalloc=<size> to increase size\n",
-			size);
+		pr_warn("vmap allocation for size %lu failed: use vmalloc=<size> to increase size,
+			if your ARCH supports it\n", size);
 
 	kmem_cache_free(vmap_area_cachep, va);
 	return ERR_PTR(-EBUSY);
-- 
2.7.4

Re: [PATCH v2] vmalloc: Removing incorrect logs when vmalloc failed

[Anshuman Khandual]

On 07/09/2020 06:44 AM, Tian Tao wrote:
> It is not possible to increase size with vmalloc=<size> in arm64

Small nit. s/in arm64/on arm64/

In fact "vmalloc=<size>" cmdline option is not available on many
platforms. Hence it is not something arm64 specific here, it is
a general problem.

> architecture and it will mislead.however vmalloc return failure

Small nit. s/.however/. However/

> is a rare occurrence in 'many architectures including arm64'.

Please reword the commit message here to describe the problem which
is a generic one, affecting multiple platforms that dont support
"vmalloc=<size>" cmdline option.

> 
> Signed-off-by: Tian Tao <tiantao6@hisilicon.com>
> 
> v2:
> Add appropriate hints and let users decide if they can increase
> the size of the vmalloc by vmalloc=<size> depending on their platform
> ---
>  mm/vmalloc.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
> index 89e83d3..c6ae7e6 100644
> --- a/mm/vmalloc.c
> +++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
> @@ -1238,8 +1238,8 @@ static struct vmap_area *alloc_vmap_area(unsigned long size,
>  	}
>  
>  	if (!(gfp_mask & __GFP_NOWARN) && printk_ratelimit())
> -		pr_warn("vmap allocation for size %lu failed: use vmalloc=<size> to increase size\n",
> -			size);
> +		pr_warn("vmap allocation for size %lu failed: use vmalloc=<size> to increase size,
> +			if your ARCH supports it\n", size);

This looks better.