From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-10.5 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,INCLUDES_CR_TRAILER,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, NICE_REPLY_A,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A1BEC433DB for ; Fri, 8 Jan 2021 15:30:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from kanga.kvack.org (kanga.kvack.org [205.233.56.17]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC2C423A04 for ; Fri, 8 Jan 2021 15:30:24 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org BC2C423A04 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=suse.cz Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Received: by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) id A812C8D0183; Fri, 8 Jan 2021 10:30:23 -0500 (EST) Received: by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix, from userid 40) id A31A98D0156; Fri, 8 Jan 2021 10:30:23 -0500 (EST) X-Delivered-To: int-list-linux-mm@kvack.org Received: by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix, from userid 63042) id 96F5D8D0183; Fri, 8 Jan 2021 10:30:23 -0500 (EST) X-Delivered-To: linux-mm@kvack.org Received: from forelay.hostedemail.com (smtprelay0213.hostedemail.com [216.40.44.213]) by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E12E8D0156 for ; Fri, 8 Jan 2021 10:30:23 -0500 (EST) Received: from smtpin07.hostedemail.com (10.5.19.251.rfc1918.com [10.5.19.251]) by forelay02.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 07B36362A for ; Fri, 8 Jan 2021 15:30:23 +0000 (UTC) X-FDA: 77682994326.07.skate99_5e0fa5d274f3 Received: from filter.hostedemail.com (10.5.16.251.rfc1918.com [10.5.16.251]) by smtpin07.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D6DAE1803F9C4 for ; Fri, 8 Jan 2021 15:30:22 +0000 (UTC) X-HE-Tag: skate99_5e0fa5d274f3 X-Filterd-Recvd-Size: 2313 Received: from mx2.suse.de (mx2.suse.de [195.135.220.15]) by imf50.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP for ; Fri, 8 Jan 2021 15:30:22 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at test-mx.suse.de Received: from relay2.suse.de (unknown [195.135.221.27]) by mx2.suse.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id D110FAD89; Fri, 8 Jan 2021 15:30:20 +0000 (UTC) Subject: Re: [PATCH mm,percpu_ref,rcu 3/6] mm: Make mem_dump_obj() handle vmalloc() memory To: paulmck@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, rcu@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org Cc: cl@linux.com, penberg@kernel.org, rientjes@google.com, iamjoonsoo.kim@lge.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org, ming.lei@redhat.com, axboe@kernel.dk, kernel-team@fb.com References: <20210106011603.GA13180@paulmck-ThinkPad-P72> <20210106011750.13709-3-paulmck@kernel.org> From: Vlastimil Babka Message-ID: <375d4a14-45ad-8917-8484-9806bd07f355@suse.cz> Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2021 16:30:16 +0100 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.6.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20210106011750.13709-3-paulmck@kernel.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Bogosity: Ham, tests=bogofilter, spamicity=0.000000, version=1.2.4 Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Precedence: bulk X-Loop: owner-majordomo@kvack.org List-ID: On 1/6/21 2:17 AM, paulmck@kernel.org wrote: > From: "Paul E. McKenney" > > This commit adds vmalloc() support to mem_dump_obj(). Note that the > vmalloc_dump_obj() function combines the checking and dumping, in > contrast with the split between kmem_valid_obj() and kmem_dump_obj(). > The reason for the difference is that the checking in the vmalloc() > case involves acquiring a global lock, and redundant acquisitions of > global locks should be avoided, even on not-so-fast paths. > > Note that this change causes on-stack variables to be reported as > vmalloc() storage from kernel_clone() or similar, depending on the degree > of inlining that your compiler does. This is likely more helpful than > the earlier "non-paged (local) memory". > > Cc: Andrew Morton > Cc: Joonsoo Kim > Cc: > Reported-by: Andrii Nakryiko > Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka