Re: [PATCH v5] vmalloc: Modify the alloc_vmap_area() error message for better diagnostics

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Hello:

This patch was applied to riscv/linux.git (fixes)
by Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

On Tue, 11 Jun 2024 19:38:44 +0000 you wrote:
> 'vmap allocation for size %lu failed: use vmalloc=<size> to increase size'
> The above warning is seen in the kernel functionality for allocation of the restricted virtual memory range till exhaustion.
> 
> This message is misleading because 'vmalloc=' is supported on arm32, x86 platforms and is not a valid kernel parameter on a number of other platforms (in particular its not supported on arm64, alpha, loongarch, arc, csky, hexagon, microblaze, mips, nios2, openrisc, parisc, m64k, powerpc, riscv, sh, um, xtensa, s390, sparc). With the update, the output gets modified to include the function parameters along with the start and end of the virtual memory range allowed.
> 
> The warning message after fix on kernel version 6.10.0-rc1+:
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [v5] vmalloc: Modify the alloc_vmap_area() error message for better diagnostics
    https://git.kernel.org/riscv/c/55ccad6fc1a0

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