Yafang Shao wrote: > >> I have also verified your test code on my machine, but can not find > >> this message. > >> > > > > Not always printed. It is timing dependent. > > > > I will try and analysis why this happen. > I see. Here is dump of variables. Always mostly 0 when this happens. --- a/mm/page-writeback.c +++ b/mm/page-writeback.c @@ -434,7 +434,8 @@ static void domain_dirty_limits(struct dirty_throttle_control *dtc) bg_thresh = (bg_ratio * available_memory) / PAGE_SIZE; if (unlikely(bg_thresh >= thresh)) { - pr_warn("vm direct limit must be set greater than background limit.\n"); + pr_warn("vm direct limit must be set greater than background limit. bg_thresh=%lu thresh=%lu bg_bytes=%lu bytes=%lu bg_ratio=%lu ratio=%lu gdtc=%p gdtc->vail=%lu vm_dirty_bytes=%lu dirty_background_bytes=%lu\n", + bg_thresh, thresh, bg_bytes, bytes, bg_ratio, ratio, gdtc, gdtc ? gdtc->avail : 0UL, vm_dirty_bytes, dirty_background_bytes); bg_thresh = thresh / 2; } [ 259.641324] vm direct limit must be set greater than background limit. bg_thresh=0 thresh=0 bg_bytes=0 bytes=0 bg_ratio=409 ratio=1228 gdtc= (null) gdtc->vail=0 vm_dirty_bytes=0 dirty_background_bytes=0 [ 317.798913] vm direct limit must be set greater than background limit. bg_thresh=0 thresh=0 bg_bytes=0 bytes=0 bg_ratio=409 ratio=1228 gdtc= (null) gdtc->vail=0 vm_dirty_bytes=0 dirty_background_bytes=0 [ 317.798935] vm direct limit must be set greater than background limit. bg_thresh=0 thresh=0 bg_bytes=0 bytes=0 bg_ratio=409 ratio=1228 gdtc= (null) gdtc->vail=0 vm_dirty_bytes=0 dirty_background_bytes=0 [ 317.976210] vm direct limit must be set greater than background limit. bg_thresh=0 thresh=0 bg_bytes=0 bytes=0 bg_ratio=409 ratio=1228 gdtc= (null) gdtc->vail=0 vm_dirty_bytes=0 dirty_background_bytes=0 [ 417.781194] vm direct limit must be set greater than background limit. bg_thresh=0 thresh=0 bg_bytes=0 bytes=0 bg_ratio=409 ratio=1228 gdtc= (null) gdtc->vail=0 vm_dirty_bytes=0 dirty_background_bytes=0 [ 466.322615] vm direct limit must be set greater than background limit. bg_thresh=0 thresh=0 bg_bytes=0 bytes=0 bg_ratio=409 ratio=1228 gdtc= (null) gdtc->vail=0 vm_dirty_bytes=0 dirty_background_bytes=0 [ 466.322618] vm direct limit must be set greater than background limit. bg_thresh=0 thresh=0 bg_bytes=0 bytes=0 bg_ratio=409 ratio=1228 gdtc= (null) gdtc->vail=0 vm_dirty_bytes=0 dirty_background_bytes=0 [ 466.497893] vm direct limit must be set greater than background limit. bg_thresh=0 thresh=0 bg_bytes=0 bytes=0 bg_ratio=409 ratio=1228 gdtc= (null) gdtc->vail=0 vm_dirty_bytes=0 dirty_background_bytes=0 [ 466.504687] vm direct limit must be set greater than background limit. bg_thresh=0 thresh=0 bg_bytes=0 bytes=0 bg_ratio=409 ratio=1228 gdtc= (null) gdtc->vail=0 vm_dirty_bytes=0 dirty_background_bytes=0 -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>