It is for a debug purpose and is called when a vmap area gets freed. This event gives some indication about: - a start address of released area; - a current number of outstanding pages; - a maximum number of allowed outstanding pages. Signed-off-by: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) <urezki@xxxxxxxxx> --- mm/vmalloc.c | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c index 4292f44ae670..bd56f68bedf0 100644 --- a/mm/vmalloc.c +++ b/mm/vmalloc.c @@ -1822,6 +1822,8 @@ static void drain_vmap_area_work(struct work_struct *work) */ static void free_vmap_area_noflush(struct vmap_area *va) { + unsigned long nr_lazy_max = lazy_max_pages(); + unsigned long va_start = va->va_start; unsigned long nr_lazy; spin_lock(&vmap_area_lock); @@ -1839,8 +1841,10 @@ static void free_vmap_area_noflush(struct vmap_area *va) &purge_vmap_area_root, &purge_vmap_area_list); spin_unlock(&purge_vmap_area_lock); + trace_free_vmap_area_noflush(va_start, nr_lazy, nr_lazy_max); + /* After this point, we may free va at any time */ - if (unlikely(nr_lazy > lazy_max_pages())) + if (unlikely(nr_lazy > nr_lazy_max)) schedule_work(&drain_vmap_work); } -- 2.30.2