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authorNicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>2021-04-29 22:59:04 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2021-04-30 11:20:40 -0700
commitd70bec8cc95ad32f6b7e3e6fad72acdd3a5418e9 (patch)
tree8dee759c5ea3c25bef73ecfcfdaa6afce73a3c24 /mm/vmalloc.c
parent4ad0ae8c64ac8f81a3651bca11be7c3cb086df80 (diff)
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mm/vmalloc: improve allocation failure error messages
There are several reasons why a vmalloc can fail, virtual space exhausted, page array allocation failure, page allocation failure, and kernel page table allocation failure. Add distinct warning messages for the main causes of failure, with some added information like page order or allocation size where applicable. [urezki@gmail.com: print correct vmalloc allocation size] Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210329193214.GA28602@pc638.lan Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210322021806.892164-6-npiggin@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) <urezki@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Cc: Cédric Le Goater <clg@kaod.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'mm/vmalloc.c')
-rw-r--r--mm/vmalloc.c40
1 files changed, 27 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
index f7a53c19e84b..612a3790cfd4 100644
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -2790,6 +2790,10 @@ static void *__vmalloc_area_node(struct vm_struct *area, gfp_t gfp_mask,
if (!pages) {
free_vm_area(area);
+ warn_alloc(gfp_mask, NULL,
+ "vmalloc size %lu allocation failure: "
+ "page array size %lu allocation failed",
+ nr_small_pages * PAGE_SIZE, array_size);
return NULL;
}
@@ -2814,6 +2818,10 @@ static void *__vmalloc_area_node(struct vm_struct *area, gfp_t gfp_mask,
/* Successfully allocated i pages, free them in __vfree() */
area->nr_pages = i;
atomic_long_add(area->nr_pages, &nr_vmalloc_pages);
+ warn_alloc(gfp_mask, NULL,
+ "vmalloc size %lu allocation failure: "
+ "page order %u allocation failed",
+ area->nr_pages * PAGE_SIZE, page_order);
goto fail;
}
@@ -2825,15 +2833,17 @@ static void *__vmalloc_area_node(struct vm_struct *area, gfp_t gfp_mask,
}
atomic_long_add(area->nr_pages, &nr_vmalloc_pages);
- if (vmap_pages_range(addr, addr + size, prot, pages, page_shift) < 0)
+ if (vmap_pages_range(addr, addr + size, prot, pages, page_shift) < 0) {
+ warn_alloc(gfp_mask, NULL,
+ "vmalloc size %lu allocation failure: "
+ "failed to map pages",
+ area->nr_pages * PAGE_SIZE);
goto fail;
+ }
return area->addr;
fail:
- warn_alloc(gfp_mask, NULL,
- "vmalloc: allocation failure, allocated %ld of %ld bytes",
- (area->nr_pages*PAGE_SIZE), size);
__vfree(area->addr);
return NULL;
}
@@ -2867,9 +2877,14 @@ void *__vmalloc_node_range(unsigned long size, unsigned long align,
unsigned long real_align = align;
unsigned int shift = PAGE_SHIFT;
- if (!size || (size >> PAGE_SHIFT) > totalram_pages()) {
- area = NULL;
- goto fail;
+ if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!size))
+ return NULL;
+
+ if ((size >> PAGE_SHIFT) > totalram_pages()) {
+ warn_alloc(gfp_mask, NULL,
+ "vmalloc size %lu allocation failure: "
+ "exceeds total pages", real_size);
+ return NULL;
}
if (vmap_allow_huge && !(vm_flags & VM_NO_HUGE_VMAP) &&
@@ -2897,8 +2912,12 @@ again:
size = PAGE_ALIGN(size);
area = __get_vm_area_node(size, align, VM_ALLOC | VM_UNINITIALIZED |
vm_flags, start, end, node, gfp_mask, caller);
- if (!area)
+ if (!area) {
+ warn_alloc(gfp_mask, NULL,
+ "vmalloc size %lu allocation failure: "
+ "vm_struct allocation failed", real_size);
goto fail;
+ }
addr = __vmalloc_area_node(area, gfp_mask, prot, shift, node);
if (!addr)
@@ -2923,11 +2942,6 @@ fail:
goto again;
}
- if (!area) {
- /* Warn for area allocation, page allocations already warn */
- warn_alloc(gfp_mask, NULL,
- "vmalloc: allocation failure: %lu bytes", real_size);
- }
return NULL;
}