Re: [PATCH] mm: add show num_poisoned_pages when oom

From: David Rientjes
Date: Mon Dec 09 2013 - 17:05:35 EST


On Mon, 9 Dec 2013, Naoya Horiguchi wrote:

> > Show num_poisoned_pages when oom, it is helpful to find the reason.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Xishi Qiu <qiuxishi@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > lib/show_mem.c | 3 +++
> > 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/lib/show_mem.c b/lib/show_mem.c
> > index 5847a49..1cbdcd8 100644
> > --- a/lib/show_mem.c
> > +++ b/lib/show_mem.c
> > @@ -46,4 +46,7 @@ void show_mem(unsigned int filter)
> > printk("%lu pages in pagetable cache\n",
> > quicklist_total_size());
> > #endif
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_FAILURE
> > + printk("%lu pages poisoned\n", atomic_long_read(&num_poisoned_pages));
> > +#endif
> > }
>
> I think that just "poisoned" could be confusing because this word seems to
> be used also in other context (like slab and list_debug handling.)
> "hwpoisoned" or "hardware corrupted" (which is the same label in /proc/meminfo)
> looks better to me.
>

Ah, good point.
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