Re: [PATCH] mm: memblock: add more debug logs

From: Mike Rapoport
Date: Tue Nov 10 2020 - 13:16:13 EST


Hi,

On Tue, Nov 10, 2020 at 05:49:58PM +0530, Faiyaz Mohammed wrote:
> Exact caller of memblock_phys_alloc_range is not available with
> "memblock=debug". Below information is not enough for memory accounting.
> for example:
> [ 0.000000] memblock_reserve: [0x000000023fc6b000-0x000000023fc6bfff] memblock_alloc_range_nid+0xc0/0x188
>
> To enhance the memblock_dbg information or to get the exact owner of the
> memblock_reserve, add debug logs in memblock_phys_alloc_range function.

Why would you want to use memblock=debug for memory accounting or for
tracking of the owners of the reserved memory?

> After adding logs:
> [ 0.000000] memblock_phys_alloc_range: 4096 bytes align=0x1000 from=0x0000000000000000 max_addr=0x0000000000000000 early_pgtable_alloc+0x24/0x178
> [ 0.000000] memblock_reserve: [0x000000023fc6b000-0x000000023fc6bfff] memblock_alloc_range_nid+0xc0/0x188
>
> Signed-off-by: Faiyaz Mohammed <faiyazm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> mm/memblock.c | 3 +++
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/mm/memblock.c b/mm/memblock.c
> index 049df41..f65af9f 100644
> --- a/mm/memblock.c
> +++ b/mm/memblock.c
> @@ -1419,6 +1419,9 @@ phys_addr_t __init memblock_phys_alloc_range(phys_addr_t size,
> phys_addr_t start,
> phys_addr_t end)
> {
> + memblock_dbg("%s: %llu bytes align=0x%llx from=%pa max_addr=%pa %pS\n",
> + __func__, (u64)size, (u64)align, &start, &end,
> + (void *)_RET_IP_);
> return memblock_alloc_range_nid(size, align, start, end, NUMA_NO_NODE,
> false);
> }
> --
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>

--
Sincerely yours,
Mike.